Salt Lake City may get 3-4 inches of snow this weekend — but the northern Utah mountains may get 3–4 feet, with even more in some areas.
“And it’s not going to be the typical kind of light, fluffy, powdery snow,” said David Church, science and operations officer for the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City. “It’ll be more of the heavy, wet variety for the mountains.”Across northern Utah, a winter storm watch is in effect until 5 a.m. Monday, carrying a 90-100% chance of precipitation. The forecast calls for a “warm and wet system.
Saturday in particular will be pretty mild, Church said, with temperatures in the mid-40s in Salt Lake City. But a cold front is expected Sunday afternoon. How much is quite a bit of snow? For most of the mountains, that’s about 1-3 feet. But ski areas in northern Utah may get considerably more than that, Church estimated: “30 inches on the low end, up to 54 inches on the high end.”
“If we’re going to get these events, this is certainly when we’re going to get them,” Church said. “Now, in terms of the magnitude of it … it certainly is up there in terms of water amounts.”
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