The Utah Avalanche Center podcast's second episode of season 4 is live - Managing Risk with Avalanches, Managing Risk with a Pandemic - A Conversation with state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn.
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This morning a trace of snow has fallen as of 5 a.m. Temperatures are generally near 20 deg F and about 10-14 degrees warmer than yesterday. Winds yesterday shifted from the northwest to west and then southwest this morning blowing 6-10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Today an inch of two of snow should accumulate mainly this morning. Skies will remain cloudy and temperatures should warm into the mid 20s F. Winds should remain light and slowly shift and come from the northwest.
This weekend will be dry, but some snow could come Monday night and again Wednesday night. No major accumulations are expected but we'll take what we can get.
There was
one small avalanche spotted yesterday in Broads Fork. Cracking and loud audible collapses continue to be reported by many especially in less traveled areas like
Box Elder,
Broads Fork,
Maybird, and
Mill B South. Snowpit tests continue to show propagation (photo below from
Box Elder Peak by S. Donovan), meaning that avalanches can still be triggered. Further south near
Mt Nebo, snowmobilers found about 2 feet of snow on shady aspects that is very weak and faceted.
