Snow Safety And Winter Storm Briefing

The continuation of a winter storm system will infuse additional snow into mountain snowpacks and alter the avalanche danger.

Hello, today is January 10th. This is Brian McInerney, Hydrologist with the National Weather Service located at the Salt Lake City Airport. This is a Utah snow briefing looking at the current snow conditions across the state. So let’s get to it. Snowfall amounts around 6 – 12” across the area with northern wasatch. 6-12” on the Central and Southern Wasatch. Smaller amounts in the Uinta Mountains. Northern Wasatch with the most influence on wind and snow placement. Density trends fluctuating. Central Wasatch has snowfall amounts with peak snowfall rates of 2”/hr Uinta’s anticipated to have snow and wind with densities fluctuating. You can find us on facebook, twitter, email. Another really good resource is the Utah Avalanche Center for more info.