WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 454 AM MST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
MST THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS VALID FOR ALL OF
THE VALLEYS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL UTAH FROM CEDAR CITY NORTH TO
THE IDAHO STATE LINE AND WEST TO THE NEVADA BORDER. THIS
INCLUDES THE WASATCH FRONT...THE CACHE VALLEY...THE WASATCH
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BY THE END OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY
EVENING...GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST
ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE BENCHES OF THE WASATCH
FRONT AND ALONG I-15 BETWEEN ABOUT NEPHI AND CEDAR CITY.
* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE
BY MID MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN END THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS: SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROAD SURFACES WILL CONTINUE TO
RESULT IN SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH THE MORNING. AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVIER THIS MORNING...THIS
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A TREACHEROUS MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE
WASATCH FRONT AS WELL AS IN THE OTHER WESTERN VALLEYS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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