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Kernpunkte

Today on East, South, and West facing slopes, the danger will rise to CONSIDERABLE as the snow warms and becomes wet. Northerly facing and shaded slopes will have a MODERATE danger.

Greg will update the Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo forecasts Friday morning (April 19th) by 7:30 am.

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    Today, wet avalanches will occur predictably as the snow warms and becomes wet. Most of these will be wet loose slides. What this means is that the avalanche danger from wet avalanches starts LOW this morning but rises to CONSIDERABLE as the snow heats up. Most wet slides will occur on mid and upper elevations slopes facing east, south, and west. Wet avalanches are possible but less likely at low elevations that received rain with Tuesday's storm and have already gone through a cycle of wet slides.

Special Announcement

The last scheduled forecast will be Sunday, April 21st. We will issue intermittent updates with each snowfall or significant weather event through the rest of the month. We will continue posting observations.

Resorts closed for the season are now backcountry terrain - no avalanche mitigation is being done. Utah ski resorts are on a mix of private and public Forest Service land, and each resort has a different uphill policy - contact the individual resort for details.

Recent Activity

Yesterday most wet avalanches occurred above 8000 feet when strong sunshine quickly warmed the new snow and produced wet loose slides. Lower elevations received plenty of rain on Tuesday and the snowpack had already adjusted to being wet.

Snow and Weather

Temperatures: Yesterday's high temperatures ranged from the low 30s to low 40s F depending on elevation. This morning at 5 a.m., temperatures are about 7 degrees warmer than yesterday morning and are mostly in the low 30s F.

Wind: This morning westerly winds are averaging 10-15 mph with gusts of 20-30 mph mainly at upper elevation ridges. Strong south winds blew late Monday night mostly before snow fell on Tuesday.

Snow: Tuesday's storm delivered 6-10 inches of warm dense snow at upper elevations. Low elevations received a good dose of rain.

Today's weather: Strong sunshine will allow mountain temperatures to easily climb into the 40s and 50s F. It's hard to say for sure but clear skies should help keep the snow cool on upper elevation, northerly facing slopes today. The snow on most other slopes became wet yesterday and should have a crust on top this morning that will quickly melt. Winds will shift a little more to the north and calm a bit by afternoon.

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This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. 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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