Winter weather advisories issued before arrival of next Utah storm
Oct 29, 2024, 6:14 AM | Updated: 4:52 pm
FILE: A driver navigates a snow storm on Guardsman Pass on Oct. 17 Utah's mountains are forecast to receive another snow coating from a storm arriving Saturday and Sunday. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)
(Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — Meteorologists warn the storm set to arrive in Utah may create tricky mountainous driving over the next few days. Still, skiers and snowboarders hope the pre-Halloween storm provides more treats than tricks in Utah’s mountains.
The National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City and Grand Junction offices have issued a series of winter weather advisories covering Utah’s mountain ranges, which may receive up to a foot of snow — and possibly more in some areas — between Monday night and Wednesday morning.
A few inches of snow is also forecast for Wasatch Backcountry communities, while some snow is possible along the valley floors, but rain is more likely.
Storm timing
Some lingering showers from a small system in central and southern Utah are forecast for Monday, but a low-pressure system coming from the Pacific Northwest will break a storm lull that set up over most of the state after a helpful mid-October storm.
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A cold front ahead of the storm is expected to arrive in Utah around the late afternoon and early evening hours on Monday, bringing in a wave of showers, said KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson. Windy conditions are forecast before its arrival, including gusts of up to 50 mph in places like Cedar City on Monday.
Rain along most of the Wasatch Front and northern Utah is expected by the evening. The wave of precipitation is forecast to continue overnight in those regions while expanding to most of the state by early Tuesday.
“This will be the brunt of the system. It’s an overnighter,” said Johnson, adding that the snow line will begin at about 7,500 feet elevation and above, but it will drop to about 5,000 feet by Tuesday morning as the showers continue.
Scattered showers are forecast across the state through Tuesday night and Wednesday morning as the core of the storm exits the state.
Read the full story and more from Carter Williams at KSL.com.
