Issued by The National Weather Service
Salt Lake City, UT
2:43 pm MST, Tue., Nov. 23, 2010
... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA: WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS... THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS... WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS... AND THE WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY OVER 20 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR OGDEN AND LOGAN.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL INTENSIFY WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ON THE HIGHER RIDGES ARE LIKELY.
* IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.