Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Skyline Area Mountains Issued by Brett Kobernik for Sunday - December 6, 2015 - 7:58am
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The majority of the mountain terrain has a LOW avalanche danger. There is a very isolated MODERATE avalanche danger along the highest more east facing slopes where the recent wind has formed fresh drifts which could be triggered by a person.
current conditions

Ridgetop temperatures are in the mid 20s this morning. Wind speeds are light from the southwest.
recent activity
The wind formed some fresh drifts on Thursday and Friday. They would crack out if provoked, however, they were very small in size.
Avalanche Problem 1
type aspect/elevation characteristics
LIKELIHOOD
LIKELY
UNLIKELY
SIZE
LARGE
SMALL
TREND
INCREASING DANGER
SAME
DECREASING DANGER
over the next 24 hours
description
You might still be able to trigger a recent wind drift today. The recent fresh wind drifts will become less sensitive as time goes on. Again, they are pretty small and don't pose much threat unless you were to get pushed into rocks, stumps or trees.
weather

We'll have fairly fairly nice weather for today and into the first half of the weak. Weather models are still showing a progressive pattern with a number of storms that will start to move through late in the week and into next week. As of now, they look promising for snow.

STATE WEATHER SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL GRAZE NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONGER AND COLDER STORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

Weather Forecast: East of Fairview (39.54, -111.3), Elevation: 9900'
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. South southwest wind 10 to 16 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. West wind 7 to 15 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. West southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. West northwest wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. West northwest wind around 11 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 43.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery.
Thursday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy.
Thursday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 15. Blustery.
Friday: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 19. Blustery.
Friday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Blustery.
Saturday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 19.
general announcements

We will publish full detailed advisories Saturday and Sunday mornings by 7am.  We will also be publishing basic avalanche danger ratings & info during the week.

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