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By Evan Thayer, Forecaster Posted 1 year ago February 6, 2023

Snow Showers End Today

Summary

Yesterday's front brought a decent period of snow to the high elevations. We saw a lull overnight but snow showers continue this morning (Monday) with additional accumulation likely. A very weak system for late Wednesday, but mostly dry heading into the weekend. Next chance for decent storms arrives next week.

Short Term Forecast

Our system has performed almost exactly as expected. Reports early this morning of anywhere from 4-13" of new snow. Additional snow showers this morning as the secondary wave pushes through with a NW flow. Another 2-7" is likely today with the highest amounts likely in LCC. Already showing heavy snow as first light is starting to appear:

Conditions got good fast yesterday afternoon and Alta has seen another 5" since they cleared the pad at 4pm yesterday:

With the ongoing snow showers, this should only get deeper by the time first chair rolls around. Overall, not a huge storm, but we didn't expect it to be. It's a good solid refresh during what is synoptically a less favorable pattern. I'll take it. 

We dry out Tuesday with cool temps, but a weak system will brush far northern Utah late on Wednesday. Expect clouds to increase during the day with breezes. At best, probably just an inch or two in the northern third of the state. More likely just a few flurries. We dry out again for the weekend.

Extended Forecast

Some hints in a few models that maybe we could get another weak system this weekend, but most models keep us dry. We still have agreement of a storm of some kind dropping into the Great Basin on February 14 with chances for snow into the 15th. Here are the EPS mean heights for Feb 14:

High likelihood for chances for snow on those days as well as cooler temperatures. The subsequent pattern after mid-month is more in question. EPS has the trough roughly from the eastern Great Basin into the Rockies. The GEFS is farther west with the axis over the intermountain west. Main point is we should continue to see at least chances for snow after middle of the month. No signs of dominant high pressure still. 

Evan | OpenSnow

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To Evan, 'The Greatest Snow on Earth' is more than just a motto - it’s a way of life. In 2010, he started Wasatch Snow Forecast as a way to share the best powder days with his fellow snow-lovers. Evan brings the same quality forecasts and weather discussions to OpenSnow and hopes you enjoy skiing/riding Utah as much as he does.

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