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Could be good :). These "big" ones forecast by NOAA *generally* live up to their promise, but there always is a chance of missed forecast (see http://www.met.utah.edu/jimsteen/cirp/workshop/dunn_97/Default.htm).
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WWUS85 KSLC 241112 SPSSLC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 412 AM MST FRI NOV 24 2006 UTZ001>021-WYZ021-242300- 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 412 AM MST FRI NOV 24 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FORECAST TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK... A STRONG AND UNSEASONABLY COLD STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...POSSIBLY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE WASATCH FRONT. BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA...PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS RAIN ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS...WITH RAIN POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN TIME FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE MONDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAY PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY. AS THIS COLD FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTH...HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FILLMORE AND CEDAR CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH STRUGGLING TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THIS PENDING WINTER STORM...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WWUS85 KSLC 241112 SPSSLC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 412 AM MST FRI NOV 24 2006 UTZ001>021-WYZ021-242300- 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 412 AM MST FRI NOV 24 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FORECAST TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK... A STRONG AND UNSEASONABLY COLD STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...POSSIBLY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE WASATCH FRONT. BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA...PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS RAIN ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS...WITH RAIN POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN TIME FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE MONDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAY PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY. AS THIS COLD FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTH...HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FILLMORE AND CEDAR CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH STRUGGLING TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THIS PENDING WINTER STORM...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
posted by The Prophet at 9:18 AM
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