Mother Nature has finally delivered a proper deep-powder day to the central Wasatch. As of 9 am this morning, total snowfall at the Alta Collins since yesterday morning was 19 inches. As storms go, that's about as Goldilocks as it gets. In other words, not too big, not too small, but just right.
Additionally, this was a great storm pretty much for everyone. Some additional reports from earlier this morning include 13 inches at Spruces (6 AM), 9.5 inches at Canyons Village/Park City (8800 ft, 9.5"), and 13 inches at Summit Park (7 AM). For the central Wasatch, Deer Valley reported the lowest total this morning (8"), so everyone is close to my minimum threshold for a deep-powder day (10"). It's possible that the additional snow pushed everyone to that level.
For the Nordic skiers, I suspect the snowpack at Mountain Dell might be as fat as it has been all year.
Expect periods of snow in the Cottonwoods today due to unstable northwesterly flow. The GFS time-height section below suggests the passage of a weak trough this evening, which will bring in drier air later tonight.
That will mark the end of this storm cycle, unless the lake can get going and that's always a crapshoot.
Our GFS-derived forecast below shows that it will be quite cold tonight and tomorrow, with 11,000 ft temperatures near or below 0˚F.
Enjoy the cold powder.
definitely fattest snowbanks of the season both on the track in and the parking lot today at mtn dell. Great grooming as always!
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