SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 524 AM MST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 100 PM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM FOR THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...
THE LATEST COMPUTER GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A MOIST PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...AND
WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS ACROSS
NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.
THIS STORM WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOORS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EXCEPT AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE
SOUTH.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN UTAH MONDAY.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW
TURNING SHOWERY AND TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST TUESDAY.
BE SURE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA THIS WEEKEND
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 304 PM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
TEMPERATURES WILL TURN COLDER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AND WILL REMAIN
ON THE COLD SIDE THROUGH MID WEEK.
A COLD FRONT CROSSING INTO NORTHERN UTAH SATURDAY MORNING WILL
REACH SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOWFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL LINGER SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND
ALSO ON THE SOUTHEAST SHORE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE. PRECIPITATION
WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL UTAH. THIS SYSTEM MAY BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW TO REACH
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN UTAH. IN ADDITION...STRONG
WINDS REACHING 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH
MONDAY.
A BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
WITH ANOTHER WARMER SYSTEM POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE REGION LATE
DURING THE WORK WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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