WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 537 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NEVADA
TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO UTAH
WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS PRIMARILY WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN UTAH. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS
BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY
ON TUESDAY. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER OVER AND NEAR
FAVORED TERRAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN END
MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTA...BRIGHTON...HANNA...SCOFIELD
536 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR THE WASATCH
MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH
PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE IN THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS:SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A MIXTURE OF
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND OR STRONG WINDS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
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