Mother Nature Hearts Utards!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
300 PM MDT WED OCT 20 2004
...WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS..
.A COLD AND MOIST UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD UTAH TONIGHT
AND INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
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WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
300 PM MDT WED OCT 20 2004
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF UTAH AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST IDAHO ABOVE 8000 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 6 PM..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A HEAVY SNOW WARNING
FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST IDAHO
FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET. THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT
THROUGH THURSDAY.
WIDESPREAD WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ABOVE 8000 FEET OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL HOVER NEAR 8500 FEET TODAY AND LOWER THIS
EVENING TO NEAR 7000 FEET LATER TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS OF 6500 TO 7500
FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1-3 FEET. THIS WOULD BRING STORM
TOTALS OF 3-5 FEET ABOVE 9000 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
WITH 1-2 FEET ABOVE 8000 FEET.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH RANGE.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED NEAR THE RIDGETOPS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS EVENING.
WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT.
PERSONS PLANNING ACTIVITY OR TRAVEL THROUGH THE HIGH COUNTRY
THROUGH FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS..
OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
THIS STORM.
