Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 8:24 PM MST for Uinta County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 7, 2008, 4:00 AM MST. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 8:24 PM MST (03:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2008, 4:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2008, 3:18 AM MST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
County Uinta County, WY
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KSLC 070324 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...MORE SNOW FOR NORTHERN UTAH... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. UTZ002-071300- /O.UPG.KSLC.WS.A.0011.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0008.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE BENCHES. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ006-071300- /O.UPG.KSLC.WS.A.0011.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0008.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 18 INCHES...PARTICULARLY IN THE OGDEN VALLEY. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AND WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ007>009-071300- /O.UPG.KSLC.WS.A.0011.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0008.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES...BY THURSDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY. WINDS COULD GUST OVER 70 MPH ON THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ010-071300- /O.UPG.KSLC.WS.A.0011.080207T1300Z-080208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0008.080207T1300Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU OF CENTRAL UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ517-071300- /O.UPG.KSLC.WS.A.0011.080207T1300Z-080208T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.080207T1300Z-080208T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA ON THURSDAY. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ UTZ001-005-WYZ021-071300- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.080207T1100Z-080208T0600Z/ CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY...NORTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE CACHE VALLEY. A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST ON THE NORTHWEST DESERT FLOOR. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH IN WYOMING WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG INTERSTATES 84 IN NORTHERN UTAH AND 80 ACROSS WYOMING. $$ UTZ003-004-014-071300- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.080207T1300Z-080208T0600Z/ SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 824 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...UTAH VALLEY...AND THE SANPETE VALLEY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE BENCHES AND IN NORTHEAST UTAH COUNTY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE SEVIER VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY THEN TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS OF THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KSLC 071211 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...MORE SNOW AND WIND FOR NORTHERN UTAH... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION. WYZ021-071900- /O.UPG.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR UINTA COUNTY OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST WYOMING...REACHING SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ UTZ010-071900- /O.EXT.KSLC.WS.W.0008.080207T1211Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU OF CENTRAL UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TODAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ002-071900- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING BRIGHAM CITY AND OGDEN. SNOW IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE BENCHES. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...LOCALLY STRONGER... WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ006-071900- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. SNOW IS INCREASING IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 18 INCHES...PARTICULARLY IN THE OGDEN VALLEY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE LOCALLY STRONG...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW AND EXISTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AND WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ007>009-071900- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES...BY THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 70 MPH ON THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ003-004-014-071900- /O.EXT.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.080207T1211Z-080208T0600Z/ SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...UTAH VALLEY...AND THE SANPETE VALLEY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE BENCHES AND IN NORTHEAST UTAH COUNTY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE SEVIER VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY THEN TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS OF THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ UTZ517-071900- /O.EXT.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.080207T1211Z-080208T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OPEN AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ UTZ001-005-071900- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 511 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE CACHE VALLEY. A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST ON THE NORTHWEST UTAH DESERT FLOOR. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND ALONG THE IDAHO BORDER. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LIGHTER WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW IN THE CACHE VALLEY. SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 84 IN NORTHERN UTAH. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 071858 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR NORTHERN UTAH... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO NORTHERN AREAS. UTZ002-080500- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING BRIGHAM CITY AND OGDEN. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ006-WYZ021-080500- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR UINTA COUNTY OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BRING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS BY 6 PM WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NORTH OF I-80. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR SOUTHWEST WYOMING. STRONG WEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LOCALLY 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID EVENING BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BLUSTERY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ UTZ007>010-080500- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE...WASATCH PLATEAU... AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS. NEW SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM WITH AND ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES MORE MOST AREAS BUT LOCALLY 18 TO 20 INCHES IN THE WASATCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ001-005-080500- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE CACHE VALLEY AND NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN THE DESERT MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST ON THE NORTHWEST UTAH DESERT FLOOR. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 84 IN NORTHERN UTAH. $$ UTZ003-004-014-080500- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...UTAH VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE SANPETE VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND A STEADIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WHEN THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCE LATE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ UTZ517-080500- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1158 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALY FOR EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ TARDY FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 072315 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR NORTHERN UTAH... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW TO NORTHERN AREAS. UTZ002-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING BRIGHAM CITY AND OGDEN. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL AFFECT THE COMMUTE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ006-WYZ021-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR UINTA COUNTY OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BRING TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS BY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. STRONG WEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LOCALLY 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID EVENING BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BLUSTERY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ UTZ007>010-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE...WASATCH PLATEAU... AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH LOCALLY OVER 1 FOOT. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BUT WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE IN THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES MORE MOST AREAS BUT LOCALLY 18 TO 20 INCHES IN THE WASATCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ001-005-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE CACHE VALLEY AND NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN THE DESERT MOUNTAINS AND HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST ON THE NORTHWEST UTAH DESERT FLOOR AND SALT FLATS. WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 84 IN NORTHERN UTAH. $$ UTZ003-004-014-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...UTAH VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE SANPETE VALLEY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AFFECT THE LATE COMMUTE HOURS. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ UTZ517-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 415 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING... AND BRING STORM TOTALS FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH OF FISH LAKE. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALY FOR EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ TARDY FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 072355 CCA WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR NORTHERN UTAH... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING. UTZ002-080600- /O.COR.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING BRIGHAM CITY AND OGDEN. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL AFFECT THE COMMUTE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. $$ UTZ006-WYZ021-080600- /O.COR.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND UINTA COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BRING TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TO THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS BY THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. STRONG WEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID EVENING BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BLUSTERY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ UTZ007>010-080600- /O.COR.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE...WASATCH PLATEAU... AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH LOCALLY OVER 1 FOOT. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BUT WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE IN THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ UTZ001-005-080600- /O.COR.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 84 IN NORTHERN UTAH. $$ UTZ003-004-014-080600- /O.COR.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...UTAH VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE SANPETE VALLEY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AFFECT THE LATE COMMUTE HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ UTZ517-080600- /O.COR.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 441 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING... AND BRING STORM TOTALS FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH OF FISH LAKE. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING THEN TAPER OFF. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALY FOR EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 080114 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 614 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE NORTHERN UTAH MOUNTAINS... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING. UTZ002-080215- /O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 614 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$ UTZ001-003>005-014-080215- /O.CAN.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS- SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 614 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE CACHE VALLEY...THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND THE SANPETE VALLEY. SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCAL GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING BUT ANY ACCUMULATION WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$ UTZ006-WYZ021-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 614 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND UINTA COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS BY LATE THIS EVENING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BLUSTERY. $$ UTZ007>010-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 614 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE...WASATCH PLATEAU... AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH LOCALLY OVER 1 FOOT. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ UTZ517-080600- /O.CON.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 614 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING... AND WILL BRING STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING THEN TAPER OFF. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALY FOR EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 080450 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 950 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 UTZ006-WYZ021-081100- /O.EXT.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T1100Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 950 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST FRIDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND UINTA COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL CREATE WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FRIDAY BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. $$ UTZ007>010-081100- /O.EXT.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T1100Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 950 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST FRIDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE...WASATCH PLATEAU... AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF I-80. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES AND OVER 90 MPH ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS WILL CAUSE EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. $$ UTZ517-081100- /O.EXT.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T1100Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 950 PM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST FRIDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST FRIDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. AND WILL BRING STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALY FOR EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 081018 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 318 AM MST FRI FEB 8 2008 UTZ006>010-WYZ021-081130- /O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080208T1100Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 318 AM MST FRI FEB 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN RANGE...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL RESULT FROM THIS NEW SNOW. STRONG RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...CREATING LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. $$ UTZ517-081130- /O.CAN.KSLC.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T1100Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 318 AM MST FRI FEB 8 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL STILL EXIST ALONG THE RIDGES...CREATING LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 6, 3:15 PM MST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:15 PM MST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
315 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONGER AND LARGE PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL AFFECT
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
UTAH WITH THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO NORTHERN
COLORADO. NORTHERN UTAH SNOW SPREAD AS FAR SOUTH AS THE SANPETE
VALLEY AND INTO THE CASTLE COUNTRY THIS MORNING.
NEXT SYSTEM ALREADY SPREADING A BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS
NORTHERN UTAH. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL THICKEN ACROSS THE
NORTH TONIGHT WITH MID LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION DEVELOPING SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 18Z NAM RUN SIMILAR TO THE 12Z RUN AND WIDESPREAD
SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE WASATCH FRONT WITH
INCREASING SOUTHERLY SURFACE GRADIENT. WESTERLY FLOW BECOMES
STRONG THURSDAY MORNING WITH AROUND 50 KNOTS AT 700 MB INTO
THE AFTERNOON. MEAN FLOW ALOFT PROGGED TO BE WEST TO NORTHWEST ON
THURSDAY AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS IN
THE SALT LAKE VALLEY AND REST OF THE WASATCH FRONT...WITH FAVORED
BENCHES APPROACHING WARNING LEVEL SNOWFALL. COLD FRONT AND
BAROCLINIC ZONE WITH UPPER JET CORE ALIGNED ABOVE IT SAGS ACROSS
NORTHERN UTAH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN SWEEPS SOUTH ACROSS
CENTRAL UTAH DURING THURSDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH AND
NORTHWESTERLY JET STREAM CARVE ACROSS UTAH.
HAVE ISSUED WATCHES FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF UTAH MOUNTAINS...
AS WELL AS FOR ADJACENT MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND NORTHERN WASATCH
FRONT. WIND WILL BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING
HEAVY SNOWFALL ON THURSDAY. SOME INDICATION THERE WILL BE A
SHORT BREAK IN SNOWFALL NEAR MIDDAY AS WE TRANSITION FROM
THE WARM AIR ADVECTION TO THE COLD AIR ADVECTION. THIS IS WHEN
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT TEMPS COULD GET INTO THE UPPER 30S
AND THE WARM SECTOR ALOFT IS OVERHEAD. FOR THE REST OF
THE VALLEYS EXPECTED SOLID SNOW ADVISORY WITH SOUTH WINDS
CAUSING BLOWING SNOW DURING THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TEMPS
WARM UP. ALSO INCLUDED SOUTHWEST WYOMING WHERE STRONG WINDS
WILL AFFECT TRAVEL WITH A COUPLE INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE SANPETE
VALLEY SHOULD GET HEAVY SNOW PREFRONTAL AND WITH THE COLD FRONT
LATE AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. HAVE KEPT THE EASTERN
VALLEYS LIKE CASTLE COUNTRY UNDER HEADLINE CRITERIA. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WITH SOME
SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
UPPER RIDGE PROGGED FOR FRIDAY WITH WEAK WARM FRONT SPREADING
CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTNS. RIDGE AXIS OVER
UTAH FOR SATURDAY. THEN MODELS START TO DIFFER GREATLY...WITH THE
12Z GFS BRINGING ANOTHER COLD FRONT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
AND THE ECMWF RUN MUCH WEAKER FOR US AND FARTHER NORTH. WITH MOST
GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOWING LITTLE SPREAD AT 12Z MONDAY...WILL
NEED TO LEAN TO THE GFS SOLUTION AND A COMPROMISE LOOKING 00Z
UKMET RUN SO HAVE INCREASED OR ADDED WEATHER FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY BUT STILL LOWER CHANCE CATEGORIES NEAR CLIMO. ENSEMBLE RUN
IS MESSY BY WEDNESDAY BUT BOTH GFS AND ECMWF STILL DEPICT A
DIGGING SHORT WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN FOR MIDWEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL DURING THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...AND CEILINGS SHOULD DROP
BELOW 6000 FT AGL BETWEEN 10Z AND 12Z. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z...CAUSING CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE TO IFR.
NORTH WINDS SHOULD SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 03Z...AND
INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE THAT AN AIRPORT
WEATHER WARNING FOR WINDS WILL BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM THURSDAY FOR
UTZ002-UTZ006-UTZ007-UTZ008-UTZ009.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM
THURSDAY FOR UTZ001-UTZ005.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM
THURSDAY FOR UTZ003-UTZ004-UTZ014.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM THURSDAY FOR
UTZ010-UTZ517.
WY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM
THURSDAY FOR WYZ021.
&&
PUBLIC...TARDY
AVIATION...TRAPHAGAN
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 5:13 AM MST, 15 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 513 AM MST WED FEB 6 2008 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-071200- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 513 AM MST WED FEB 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH TODAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE VALLEYS. GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FOR THE WASATCH RANGE...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. SOUTHERN UTAH WILL REMAIN DRY...BUT WILL TURN COLDER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NEXT FAST MOVING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVLOP...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE WEATHER FOR SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.