Lawinenlagebericht

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Utah Avalanche Center
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Kernpunkte

Today the avalanche danger is LOW meaning that human-triggered avalanches are unlikely, but watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features. There could be a few, shallow, slabs of wind drifted snow that may cause a small slide. Expect a noticeable change in the weather pattern starting this weekend with much colder temperatures by Sunday and a decent chance for snow next week.

Lawinenprobleme

  • Wind Slabs

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    • Waldgrenze
    • Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
    Wahrscheinlichkeit
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    A little bit of new snow and a little bit of wind in the middle of the week created a few slabs of wind drifted snow that could avalanche today. These wind slabs are isolated. On Notch Mountain yesterday, Nikki and I found very few of these, and most seemed glued in place from warm temperatures.

    Still, I'd be looking for them and assessing their stability if going into terrain where a small slide could have big consequences by knocking me off my feet.

    The photo below of Notch Mountain shows lots of wind scouring and little wind deposition.

Recent Activity

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Snow and Weather

NOWCAST-

This morning temperatures range from 28-30 degrees F with winds from the northwest averaging 15 mph at upper elevations. Clear skies and temperatures just below freezing allowed the snow to refreeze overnight.

FORECAST-

Today will be especially warm with high temperatures climbing into the mid 40s F, and winds will remain light.

FUTURECAST-

A few high clouds may arrive late today and winds should pick up a little from the southwest ahead of a cold front arriving Saturday. A few snowflakes may fall tomorrow with no accumulations. Overall temperatures begin dropping tomorrow and will be in the teens F by Sunday. Most of next week should be cold with a good chance for snow Tues/Wed (maybe 10-20 inches).

SNOW early this week (6-8 inches) gave a nice refresh to the snow surface as Ted found in Whitney Basin yesterday. On south-facing slopes, it has been through two melt/freeze cycles and should be "corn-ish" snow this morning as it warms and melts. The snow on north-facing slopes became damp yesterday and should have an ice crust on top this morning that will soften as it melts.

Trip reports and snowpack observations are found HERE.

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General Announcements

The information in this forecast expires 24 hours after the day and time posted, but will be updated by 07:00 Saturday, April 9th.

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This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.

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