The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has released avalanche weather guidance for several mountain regions, including the Northern Wasatch Front, Central Wasatch Front, and Western Uintas. The guidance provides specific meteorological details for various elevations and locations across these areas.
In the Northern Wasatch Front, the guidance includes data for Nordic Valley, Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Thurston Peak, Farmington Flats, Monte Cristo, Sessions Mountains, and Park City Ridgeline. For instance, at Thurston Peak, the snow level is projected to be between 10.4 and 11.9 kft. At Powder Mountain, the temperature is expected to range from 44 to 61 degrees, while Snowbasin is expected to see temperatures between 43 and 66 degrees. Wind directions in these areas are expected to vary between north, northeast, northwest, and west.
The Central Wasatch Front guidance covers Alta, LCC - Alta/Snowbird, LCC - Mid Canyon/Elberts, Brighton Crest, BCC - Brighton/Solitude, Upper Stairs Gulch, Kessler, BCC - Mid Canyon/Spruces, and Park City. In the Alta area, temperatures are expected to range from 38 to 58 degrees. At Solitude Summit, the snow level is expected to be between 10.7 and 12.0 kft. The guidance also includes data for the Sessions Mountains and the Provo Peak area, with Provo Peak seeing temperatures between 41 and 61 degrees.
The Western Uintas guidance includes data for Christmas Meadows, Mirror Lake, Samak, and Wolf Creek Pass. At Mirror Lake, temperatures are expected to range from 33 to 59 degrees. The guidance also covers the Logan Area, including Cherry Peak, Beaver Mountain, Tony Grove, and Logan Peak, as well as the Dugway, Wellsville Mountains, and Huntington Canyon-Forks of the Huntington areas. For example, at Cherry Peak, temperatures are expected to range from 46 to 67 degrees, while at Tony Grove, temperatures are expected to range from 39 to 59 degrees.
The provided data includes cloud cover percentages, precipitation probabilities, and snow ratios for all listed locations. For most locations, the probability of precipitation is reported at 0 percent, and the snow ratio is reported at 0:1, with the exception of some areas in the Central Wasatch Front where a snow ratio of 1:1 is noted for certain time periods.
