WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 355 AM MST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CACHE
VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT OF NORTHERN UTAH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS
WILL EXIST IN THE CACHE VALLEY AS WELL AREAS FROM OGDEN
NORTHWARD ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN
INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER
AGAIN TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING SHOWERY AND DECREASING SATURDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR THE VALLEY FLOOR
THROUGHOUT THE STORM. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...OR A CHANGE TO ALL
RAIN COULD OCCUR AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN WASATCH
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* IMPACTS: LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN
SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING TODAY THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
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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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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