SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 836 AM MST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 400 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH MONDAY WITH
GUSTS APPROACHING 70 MPH.
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: 602 AM MST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 615 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND FAR SOUTHWEST WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE NORTHERN OUTLOOK AREA IN THE MORNING
WILL REACH SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT
SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW WILL LINGER TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND
ALSO ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS SOUTHEAST OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE AS WELL.
VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE FRONT INTO THE AREA AND REMAIN
IN PLACE OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY BUT WILL START TO INCREASE
AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A NEW AND STRONGER STORM SYSTEM BEGINS
TO IMPACT THE AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BEGINNING LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF
VERY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME AREAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
WITH YET ANOTHER SYSTEM POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE REGION LATER
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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