HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 652 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO UTAH THROUGH TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORM THIS MORNING...
WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAIN ELEVATION. A MIXING OF
RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS...WITH AREAS
NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER PRIMARILY SEEING RAIN. ACROSS NORTHERN
UTAH PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN SNOW...WITH A FEW POCKETS OF MIXED
RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG THE I-15 AND
I-70 CORRIDORS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. AREAS OF NORTHERN UTAH
WILL ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...THOUGH AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH THE SALT LAKE CITY AREA WILL BE
LESS THAN POINTS SOUTH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE STORM AFFECTING THE REGION WILL EXIT UTAH BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
FOLLOWING THIS STORM WILL BE STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT...WHICH WILL BRING GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
COMING HOLIDAY PERIOD. FOG AND HAZE WILL BUILD UP ONCE AGAIN
ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EXPERIENCING A
WARMER TREND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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