![]() one to two feet of snow is forecast for the Wasatch and western Uintas mountains.Both remain in effect through early Thursday. Tuesday, while the warning for Wasatch and western Uinta mountain ranges begins Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service’s winter storm warning for the southern mountain starts at 3 p.m. The system is also expected to be split between valley rain and mountain snow, as was the case last week. “Wednesday is the wettest day, (producing) the most rain that we’ll see from this storm,” Johnson said, adding that roads will likely be wet during Wednesday’s morning commute. Precipitation is expected to strengthen Wednesday ahead of a cold front that is set to arrive in the Wasatch Front either in the late morning or afternoon. That being said, the brunt of the valley rain will pair up with the cold front timing sometime Wednesday. ![]() Rain totals are a bit more challenging thanks to southerly winds that could cause some shadowing. That happened during last week’s storm, which muted some of the precipitation totals. Johnson explained that wind from the south may cause some rain showers near the mountains, where one side of a mountain receives precipitation and the other side doesn’t. Tuesday will be breezy while more showers develop in waves during the afternoon and evening. Utah is within the path of an atmospheric river event impacting California first. KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson said, aside from a few popup showers scattered throughout the day, Utah will remain mostly dry on Monday. The National Weather Service on Monday issued a winter storm warning for mountain ranges in northern and southern Utah ahead of a storm forecast to arrive Tuesday, which has the potential to dump over two feet of snow in parts of the Wasatch Mountains by Thursday morning. The record books date back to the 1980-1981 water year. There’s also a strong chance this year’s snowpack will surpass the mid-March record as another atmospheric river event arrives in Utah this week. That figure is only 0.2 inches below the all-time record for this point in the snow collection season. SALT LAKE CITY - Friday’s storms tacked on another inch of water to Utah’s statewide mountain snowpack, boosting it to 22.9 inches by Monday afternoon, according to federal Natural Resources Conservation Service data.
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