Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS45 KSLC 241421 CCA
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CHRISTMAS TRAVEL...

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING A COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. PRECIPITATION
AND STRONG GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OVERSPREAD THE
STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED INITIALLY
OVER AREAS FAVORED IN SOUTHWEST FLOW. WHILE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY
CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN SOME VALLEY AREAS...A SHARP COLD FRONT
ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE AREA AND LOWER
SNOW LEVELS TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST
FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND AREAS FAVORED IN
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SEE HEAVY PRECIPITATION LATE CHRISTMAS DAY.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO QUICKLY DETERIORATING
HOLIDAY TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. 

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH NEAR RIDGETOPS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES WILL REMAIN
FAVORED FOR HEAVY SNOW UNTIL THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION
LATER THURSDAY. NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES WILL BECOME FAVORED LATE
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS WINDS SWITCH TO NORTHWEST.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

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CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM APPROACHES. AREAS
FAVORED IN SOUTHWEST FLOW SUCH AS THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF UTAH COUNTY WILL SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN CROSS
THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND
WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST
BENCH AREAS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

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SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS EVENING AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM APPROACHES. AREAS FAVORED IN
SOUTHWEST FLOW SUCH AS THE SANPETE VALLEY WILL SEE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
THEN CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING...BRINGING BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE I-15 CORRIDOR.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.


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SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. 

IN ADDITION TO THE THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
EVENING AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL
CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING BRISK WEST WINDS TO THE
AREA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.


$$

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CASTLE COUNTRY-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE CASTLE COUNTRY.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE THE SNOW...STRONG
WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
EVENING...BRINGING BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.


$$

UTZ005-242045-
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GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STRONG
CROSSWINDS ALONG I-80 AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM APPROACHES. AREAS
NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER WILL SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN CROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.


$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-242045-
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WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
718 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST
WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING BRISK WEST WINDS TO THE AREA. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.


$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

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WWUS45 KSLC 241826
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS CHRISTMAS...

.AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY 
SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL LEAD
THE STORM INTO UTAH TODAY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR
EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGHER VALLEYS TONIGHT. HEAVY MOUNTAIN AND HIGHER VALLEY SNOWS
WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO THE STATE FROM THE WEST
CHRISTMAS DAY. MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO ALL LOCATIONS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

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WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY 
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL GET STRONGER DURING THE DAY...AND
WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL TURN HEAVIER OVERNIGHT...AND
WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
FACING SLOPES....ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. 

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD FRONT SWEEPING
SOUTH THROUGH UTAH DURING THE DAY WILL KEEP SNOW HEAVY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY IN AREAS FAVORING A NORTH
OR NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. ALL AREAS
WILL SEE SNOW TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS BY
TONIGHT. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

UTZ005-242315-
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GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS ALONG I-80 AS
WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG I-80 WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL FOLLOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR
THE IDAHO BORDER. HEAVY SNOWS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING
NEAR THE BORDER...THEN SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DESERTS
AND SALT FLATS OVERNIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BEHIND
A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

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CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR WASATCH FRONT...CACHE VALLEY...
AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ARRIVE AHEAD OF THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...
WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING BY LATE TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

UTZ014>016-020-242315-
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SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS COULD APPROACH 45 MPH OVER THE OPEN VALLEYS
ALONG AND WEST OF I-15. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
ARE EXPECTED.

LIGHT SNOW WILL ARRIVE BY THIS EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
TURN HEAVIER LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL ARRIVE WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

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CASTLE COUNTRY-
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE CASTLE COUNTRY.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS THE NEXT WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING...
BRINGING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT FOLLOWED BY
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-242315-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.081225T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
1126 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING FOR LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING THE WEST WINDS IN
SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND ACROSS THE UINTA BASIN. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 242249
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS CHRISTMAS...

.AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF STORM IN UTAH TONIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS THIS EVENING.
HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER VALLEYS
TONIGHT. HEAVY MOUNTAIN AND HIGHER VALLEY SNOWS WILL CONTINUE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO THE STATE FROM THE WEST
CHRISTMAS DAY. MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO ALL LOCATIONS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ007>010-517-518-250600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL GET STRONGER DURING THE EVENING...AND
WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL
TURN HEAVIER OVERNIGHT...AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING
SLOPES....ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD FRONT
SWEEPING SOUTH THROUGH UTAH DURING THE DAY WILL KEEP SNOW HEAVY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY IN AREAS
FAVORING A NORTH OR NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
FRIDAY. ALL AREAS WILL SEE SNOW TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS BY
TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ005-250600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0300Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS ALONG I-80 AS
WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR
SNOWVILLE.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH THIS EVENING. STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG I-80 WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING NEAR THE BORDER...THEN SPREAD
SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND SALT FLATS OVERNIGHT. THIS
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO
PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-250600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY... AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THIS EVENING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL
SPREAD SOUTH OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN THE MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WILL BE
MINIMAL WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN WASATCH
FRONT AND AROUND AN INCH IN UTAH COUNTY BY MORNING. WIDESPREAD
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ014>016-020-250600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.081225T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
THESE WINDS COULD APPROACH 45 MPH OVER THE OPEN VALLEYS ALONG AND
WEST OF I-15. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE
EXPECTED.

LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL ARRIVE DURING THE EVENING. THIS
PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL ARRIVE WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-250600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.081225T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE CASTLE COUNTRY.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS THIS WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING...
BRINGING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT FOLLOWED BY
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-250600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.081225T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
349 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS FOR THE
WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING FOR
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING
THE WEST WINDS IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND ACROSS THE UINTA BASIN.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 250346
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM APPROACHING FOR CHRISTMAS...

.AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF STORM IN UTAH TONIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS
LATE THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGHER VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. HEAVY MOUNTAIN AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY
SNOWS WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
CHRISTMAS DAY. MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO ALL LOCATIONS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ007>010-517-518-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT...AND
WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SNOW WILL TURN HEAVIER OVERNIGHT...AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES....
ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD FRONT
SWEEPING SOUTH THROUGH UTAH DURING THE DAY WILL KEEP SNOW HEAVY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY IN AREAS
FAVORING A NORTH OR NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
FRIDAY. ALL AREAS WILL SEE SNOW TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS
OVERNIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ005-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0300Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS
CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-80 AS
WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR
SNOWVILLE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY LATE THIS EVENING NEAR THE IDAHO
BORDER...THEN SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND SALT
FLATS OVERNIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BEHIND A STRONG
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE VALLEY... AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EDEN
AND LIBERTY AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH
POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS LATE THIS EVENING. THIS PRECIPITATION
WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WILL
BE MINIMAL WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN
WASATCH FRONT AND AROUND AN INCH IN UTAH COUNTY BY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ014>016-020-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
THESE WINDS ARE EXCEPTED TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH OVER THE
OPEN VALLEYS ALONG AND WEST OF I-15. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH
SOME ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL ARRIVE
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE CASTLE COUNTRY.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AS THIS WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY 
EVENING...BRINGING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
846 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS FOR THE
WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS INCREASING
OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVELERS ALONG I-80 IN
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING FOR
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE
REGION LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING THE WEST WINDS IN
SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND ACROSS THE UINTA BASIN. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

ROGOWSKI/KRUSE

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 250459
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM APPROACHING FOR CHRISTMAS...

.AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF STORM IN UTAH TONIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS
LATE THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGHER VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. HEAVY MOUNTAIN AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY
SNOWS WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
CHRISTMAS DAY. MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO ALL LOCATIONS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ007>010-517-518-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT...AND
WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SNOW WILL TURN HEAVIER OVERNIGHT...AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES....
ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD FRONT
SWEEPING SOUTH THROUGH UTAH DURING THE DAY WILL KEEP SNOW HEAVY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY IN AREAS
FAVORING A NORTH OR NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
FRIDAY. ALL AREAS WILL SEE SNOW TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS
OVERNIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ005-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0300Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS
CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-80 AS
WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR
SNOWVILLE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY LATE THIS EVENING NEAR THE IDAHO
BORDER...THEN SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND SALT
FLATS OVERNIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BEHIND A STRONG
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE VALLEY... AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
EDEN AND LIBERTY AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS LATE THIS EVENING. THIS PRECIPITATION
WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WILL
BE MINIMAL WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN
WASATCH FRONT AND AROUND AN INCH IN UTAH COUNTY BY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF
FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ014>016-020-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
THESE WINDS ARE EXCEPTED TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH OVER THE
OPEN VALLEYS ALONG AND WEST OF I-15. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH
SOME ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL ARRIVE
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS FOR
THE CASTLE COUNTRY.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AS THIS WINTER
STORM APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
EVENING...BRINGING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ019-251200-
/O.EXB.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.081225T0500Z-081225T1200Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION
NATIONAL PARK.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE
MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO RAIN. AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FT...AN
INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. NEAR ST GEORGE...MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES ARE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE
PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS.
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-251300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
959 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS FOR THE
WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS INCREASING
OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVELERS ALONG I-80 IN
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING
FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS
THE REGION LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING THE WEST WINDS IN
SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND ACROSS THE UINTA BASIN. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

ROGOWSKI/KRUSE

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 251246
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY...

.AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY
AHEAD OF STORM. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS THIS MORNING AND
SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH. WHILE SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY
CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOME
VALLEY LOCATIONS...MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE PREDOMINANTLY
SNOW.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON
AND ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO ALL LOCATIONS INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ007>010-517-518-251900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
FACING SLOPES. A COLD FRONT SWEEPING SOUTH THROUGH UTAH WILL
BRING A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY IN AREAS FAVORING A NORTH OR
NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. ALL AREAS WILL SEE
SNOW TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ005-251900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0300Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE
WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-80 AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR SNOWVILLE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH THIS
MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. THIS SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS
THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL SWITCH
TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE THIS EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-251900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 18 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
EDEN AND LIBERTY AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE WASATCH
FRONT...CACHE VALLEY AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THIS MORNING.
SNOWFALL MAY BECOME MINIMAL ACROSS SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS BY
LATE THIS MORNING AS SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO RAIN.
WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&


$$

UTZ014>016-020-251900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR WEST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL
INCREASE TODAY...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH OVER THE OPEN
VALLEYS ALONG AND WEST OF I-15. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL ARRIVE WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS INTO FRIDAY
MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&


$$

UTZ012-251900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE CASTLE COUNTRY.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TODAY AS THE WINTER STORM
APPROACHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS
EVENING...BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA. THE SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-251900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
546 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS INCREASING
TODAY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW. TRAVELERS ALONG I-80 IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY...WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION.
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY.
STRONG WEST WINDS WILL THEN ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT ACROSS BOTH
SOUTHWEST WYOMING AS WELL AS THE UINTA BASIN. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 251808
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY...

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AHEAD OF
THIS STORM. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL ALSO PERSIST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY CHANGE TO RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG THE VALLEY FLOORS...MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO
SEE PREDOMINANTLY SNOW.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT.
MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
TO ALL LOCATIONS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING
THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ007>010-517-518-260215-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF UTAH. A COLD FRONT SWEEPING SOUTH THROUGH UTAH WILL
BRING A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY IN AREAS FAVORING A NORTH OR
NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. ALL AREAS WILL SEE
SNOW TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ005-260215-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0300Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE
WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-80 AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR SNOWVILLE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. IN
ADDITION...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW....AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS
THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL
SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BEFORE DECREASING
THIS EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-260215-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 18 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
EDEN AND LIBERTY AREAS. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY TODAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND RESULTING
IN LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SALT
LAKE AND NORTHERN UTAH VALLEYS.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WASATCH
FRONT...CACHE VALLEY AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN ALONG THE
VALLEY FLOORS OF THE WASATCH FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING
AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-014>016-020-260215-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SANPETE AND
SEVERE VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ACROSS OPEN AREAS. LOCAL
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY
ACROSS MUCH OF UTAH. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL ARRIVE THIS
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ013-260215-
/O.EXB.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.081226T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. 

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL LATE THIS EVENING AS
A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR WEST OF GREEN RIVER. THIS
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-260215-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
1108 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS INCREASING TODAY
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
TRAVELERS ALONG I-80 IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY...WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS
RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS
SOUTHWEST WYOMING. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. STRONG WEST WINDS
WILL THEN ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT ACROSS BOTH SOUTHWEST WYOMING
AS WELL AS THE UINTA BASIN. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY
LATE TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 252255
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY...

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY SNOW TO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD  FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH
EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT...IMPACTING MUCH
OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT INTO THE DAY FRIDAY.


UTZ005-260600-
/O.EXT.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHWEST
UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE
WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-80 AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR SNOWVILLE.

A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF RAPIDLY BY LATE EVENING AS THIS FRONT MOVES AWAY FROM THE
AREA. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ007>010-517-518-260700-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH NEAR
RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
UTAH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. THIS
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS
FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS FAVORED IN
NORTHWEST FLOW. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY
EVENING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-260700-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG
THE WASATCH FRONT...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE BENCHES AS WELL AS ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS
VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EDEN AND LIBERTY AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
AND RESULTING IN LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN SALT LAKE AND NORTHERN UTAH VALLEYS.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN
UTAH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY
FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-014>016-020-260700-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SANPETE AND
SEVERE VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF UTAH
DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA.
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY
FRIDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR BEFORE TAPERING OFF
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-WYZ021-260700-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND
SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS INCREASING TODAY
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
TRAVELERS ALONG I-80 IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL THEN
ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT ACROSS BOTH SOUTHWEST WYOMING AS WELL AS
THE UINTA BASIN...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF NEW SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY LATE TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ013-260700-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.081226T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
355 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL LATE THIS EVENING AS
A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR WEST OF GREEN RIVER. THIS
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 260357
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
857 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT UTAH INTO FRIDAY...

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION INTO FRIDAY. THE ASSOCIATED
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH THIS EVENING...THEN
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ007>010-517-518-261200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
857 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. LOCAL AREAS FAVORING A NORTHWEST FLOW
ALONG THE WASATCH RANGE COULD SEE TOTALS APPROACHING 40 INCHES BY
LATE FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH NEAR RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE 
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE AT MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS THROUGH THE BALANCE
OF THE STORM.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ005-260600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
857 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS.

THE COLD FRONT THAT SWEPT THROUGH NORTHWEST UTAH EARLY THIS
EVENING HAS PRODUCED STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO
WARNING AREA. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING...
THOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY STRONG FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER 
MIDNIGHT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL IMPACT
TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS
NORTHWEST UTAH. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE... CONTRIBUTING TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS AND SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG I-84 NEAR SNOWVILLE AND I-80 IN
TOOELE COUNTY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-261200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
857 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT...WITH LOCALLY AMOUNTS BETWEEN 12 AND 18
INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...WITH AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 INCHES IN THE EDEN AND LIBERTY AREAS.

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND RESULTING IN LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-014>016-020-261200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
857 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SANPETE AND
SEVERE VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS APPROACHING 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THOUGH
MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-013-WYZ021-261200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
857 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN...THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL
LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION DURING THE MORNING. 

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVELERS
ALONG I-80 IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 260606
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1106 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT UTAH INTO FRIDAY...

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION INTO FRIDAY. THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH
OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BEHIND THE FRONT DURING
THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

UTZ005-260715-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
1106 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND
MOUNTAINS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS EVENING. POCKETS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHEAST BOX ELDER COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIMITED TO A COUPLE OF INCHES.
WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE...WITH GUSTS GENERALLY UNDER
25 MPH OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

$$

UTZ007>010-517-518-261415-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
1106 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. LOCAL AREAS FAVORING A NORTHWEST FLOW
ALONG THE WASATCH RANGE COULD SEE TOTALS APPROACHING 40 INCHES BY
LATE FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH NEAR RIDGETOPS...WILL CREATE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT
OR IMPOSSIBLE AT MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS THROUGH THE
BALANCE OF THE STORM.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-261415-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
1106 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT...WITH LOCALLY AMOUNTS BETWEEN 12 AND
18 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO
15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...
WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 INCHES IN THE EDEN AND LIBERTY
AREAS.

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND RESULTING IN LOCAL BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ012-014>016-020-261200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
1106 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SANPETE AND
SEVERE VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS APPROACHING 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THOUGH
MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ011-013-WYZ021-261200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
1106 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN...THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL
LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION DURING THE MORNING.

GENERAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVELERS
ALONG I-80 IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 261200
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008


UTZ012-014-015-020-261300-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
UTAH...AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS.

SNOW HAS GENERALLY TAPERED OFF ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH.

$$

UTZ011-013-261300-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL.

SNOW HAS GENERALLY TAPERED OFF ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH.

$$

UTZ016-261900-
/O.EXT.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON MST TODAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS...MAINLY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR.

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT MOST OF
THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END LATE THIS MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE
CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ007>010-517-518-261900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
PM MST THIS EVENING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST-FACING
SLOPES. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE
CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

UTZ001>004-006-261900-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON MST TODAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH FRONT...CACHE
VALLEY...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR EAST
BENCH AREAS OF THE WASATCH FRONT...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT MOST
OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END LATE THIS MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE
CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

WYZ021-261900-
/O.EXT.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
500 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT
MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END LATE THIS MORNING. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 261853
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1153 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

UTZ007-262000-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-
1153 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN
WASATCH MOUNTAINS.  

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF NORTHERN UTAH NORTH OF I-80. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...PRIMARILY ACROSS LOCATIONS SOUTH OF
I-84. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
SHOWERS. 

$$

UTZ001>004-006-262000-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
1153 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY FOR THE
WASATCH FRONT...CACHE VALLEY...AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF
NORTHERN UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...PRIMARILY ACROSS LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF THE GREAT SALT
LAKE. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH
THESE SHOWERS.

$$

UTZ016-262000-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
1153 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY FOR
SOUTHWEST UTAH. 

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST
UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...PRIMARILY ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR. LITTLE IF ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS.

$$

WYZ021-262000-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/
SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
1153 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY FOR
UINTA COUNTY WYOMING.

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS UINTA COUNTY
WYOMING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH
THESE SHOWERS.

$$

UTZ008>010-517-518-270300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
1153 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF UTAH SOUTH
OF I-80. 

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST-
FACING SLOPES.

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS.
USE CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 262138
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
238 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008


UTZ008>010-517-518-262245-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
238 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS AREAS FAVORED IN NORTHWEST FLOW. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS. 


$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
831 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE INTERIOR WEST
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. A MOIST WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL FOLLOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTHEAST
OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. MEANWHILE...THE NEXT SYSTEM IS ADVANCING
SOUTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. ACARS 400-250MB WIND OBSERVATIONS
SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS HAS MOVED TO THE EAST...WITH
RIDGING ALONG THE WEST COAST. 00Z 700MB ANALYSIS PLACED A TROUGH
EAST OF THE ROCKIES...WITH RIDGING DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN.
THE COLDEST AIR ALOFT WAS OVERHEAD (-17C).

00Z KSLC RAOB INDICATES 5-10C OF COOLING DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS
THROUGH THE COLUMN. THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE HAS FALLEN TO 0.16
OF AN INCH.

RUC INDICATES THAT THE COMBINATION OF BOUNDARY LAYER COOLING AND THE
COLD POOL PASSING TO THE EAST ALOFT IS CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING
STABILITY ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WITH SUBSIDENCE AND WARMING
ALOFT...EXPECT REMAINING SNOW SHOWERS TO DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT.

FORECAST HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON CURRENT TRENDS SO NO UPDATE IS PLANNED
AT THIS TIME. CHRISTMAS SYSTEM STILL LOOKS LIKE THE KICKER TO THE
PATTERN CHANGE AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY GOING TO BE THE STRONGEST
SYSTEM OF THE RECENT ACTIVE PERIOD. GIVEN HOW MANY HOLIDAY TRAVELERS
WILL NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR ROUTES...ANTICIPATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS
TO COMPOUND THURSDAY EVENING AS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE WITH THE COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE FOLLOWING IS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION.

A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS TAKING SHAPE FOR THE INTERIOR WEST...AND
THIS STORM WILL FOCUS OF CHRISTMAS DAY. A SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF
THE VORTEX OVER SRN ALASKA WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT DIGS SOUTH
ALONG THE BRITCOL COAST. THIS FEATURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE PACIFIC
NW WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN TURN EAST ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION
AS A DEEP/COLD TROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.

PRECIP WILL DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH IN THE DEEP LAYER
WARM ADVECTION WEDNESDAY. FOCUS OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIP WILL BE
ACROSS THE NRN MOUNTAINS WHERE THE THERMAL LIFT IS STRONGEST....
THOUGH ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL EXIST OVER THE CNTRL/SRN MOUNTAIN TO
GENERATE SOME PRECIP DURING THE DAY. VERY STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT BY WED AFTERNOON. A VERY TIGHT
SURFACE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH STRONG NEAR 700 MB WINDS WILL CREATE
STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH A WELL MIXED AIRMASS IN THE VALLEYS.

HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE STRONG SURFACE COLD
FRONT WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN EXTREME NW UTAH THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE STATE...CLEARING
THE 4-CORNERS REGION THURSDAY EVENING. FRONTOGENESIS ALONG THIS
BOUNDARY WILL BECOME STRONG ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT...AND ONLY
STRENGTHEN AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES INTO CNTRL/SRN UTAH LATER IN THE
DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE BEST
UPPER DYNAMIC LIFT AND COLD ALOFT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO SHOW UP
AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER SRN UTAH AS THE NOSE OF THE UPPER JET WORKS
ACROSS SRN UTAH/NRN AZ LATE THURSDAY.

HEAVY SNOWS THURSDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO
DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS FINALLY MOVES THROUGH THE
STATE. OROGRAPHIC HEAVY SNOWS STILL POSSIBLE OVER NRN/CNTRL UTAH
FRIDAY AS THE MID-LEVEL COLD POOL SLIDES ACROSS THE STATE.

A MOIST W-NW FLOW ALOFT WILL FOLLOW FOR THE WEEKEND. WEAK THERMALLY
DRIVEN LIFT OVER THE FAR NORTH COULD GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THOUGH NONE OF IT LOOKS SIGNIFICANT AT THIS
TIME. HEIGHTS WILL BUILD JUST ENOUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK TO KEEP THE
BULK OF THE MOIST AND ANY PRECIP NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT THE SLC
TERMINAL. HOWEVER...THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THAT A PASSING SNOW
SHOWER COULD BRIEFLY LOWER CIGS AND VISIBILITIES INTO THE MVFR RANGE
THROUGH 06Z. OTHERWISE CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 7000
FEET AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR LIGHT SOUTHEAST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM FRIDAY FOR UTZ007-
     UTZ008-UTZ009-UTZ010-UTZ517-UTZ518.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON FRIDAY FOR UTZ001-
     UTZ002-UTZ003-UTZ004-UTZ006-UTZ014-UTZ015-UTZ016.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM THURSDAY FOR
     UTZ012-UTZ020.

WY...NONE.

&&

PUBLIC...ROGOWSKI/CONGER
AVIATION...YOUNG

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