Salt River and Wyoming Ranges

Cold temperatures have mitigated the wet slide hazard. Mostly stable snow exists and avalanches are unlikely.

( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )A strong cold front will move through the forecast region this evening. Widespread snow and rain showers are likely and thunderstorms and hail are possible. The freezing level is expected to descend from an elevation of 10,000 feet to the valley level by midnight. Several inches of snowfall are possible at the highest elevations by daybreak and a total of four to eight inches of new snow accumulation is possible in the mountains by Wednesday evening. Mountain temperatures are forecast to be in the teens in the morning and rise into the 20s and 30s during the day. Winds will be west to southwest at 20 to 30 with gusts to 40 miles per hour.The new snow and strong winds will create soft new wind slabs up to a foot in depth on leeward aspects at the upper elevations. Cold temperatures will mitigate the potential for wet snow avalanches at the mid and lower elevations. The general avalanche hazard is expected to be LOW. Soft slab avalanches up to a foot in depth could be human triggered in steep upper elevation avalanche starting zones with fresh deposits of wind drifted snow.