weather map w/storm highlights:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory2.php?wfo=slc&img=2
briefing:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/wxbriefing/ ... layer.html
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
534 AM MST MON DEC 27 2010
UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-272300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
534 AM MST MON DEC 27 2010
...PACIFIC STORM TO BRING SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES MIDWEEK...
A COLD AND ENERGETIC PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY...AND LINGER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS OF UTAH WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THIS SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS UTAHS
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
VALLEYS OF UTAH INCLUDING THE I-80 AND I-15 CORRIDORS.
THE LEADING COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE OVER NORTHERN UTAH ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SWEEP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE STATE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY ALONG
AND BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS FRONT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS
WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY ALLOWING FOR
ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SNOWFALL.
SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH REMAINING
ACCUMULATING SNOWS CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT WESTERN
UTAH VALLEYS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN
DISSIPATE NEW YEARS EVE.
MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT AND AFFECT ALL OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEW YEARS HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS DURING
THIS TIME LOOK TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS TO BELOW ZERO. THE NORMALLY MILDER DIXIE REGION
WILL LIKELY ALSO SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS INTO THE WEEKEND.