It's sort of weird after a winter with little valley snow to look out the window and see what might be the deepest snowpack of the season in my yard. Admittedly, "deepest" in the valley this year is a low bar, but it will be good for the gardens eventually. It was a wonderful storm for skiing too.
I can summarize the forecast for the next several days in two words: warming trend. Oh, today will be a cloudy "meh" day and Friday night and Saturday we'll have a trough passage that could bring a bit of snow, but after that a big ridge builds into the west. Below is the GFS forecast valid 0000 UTC 27 March (6 PM Wednesday) showing the high-amplitude ridge parked just upstream of Utah.
The NWS National Blend of Models maximum temperature forecast for Salt Lake City shows the warming trend nicely after Saturday, with temps climbing through Thursday.
The median maximum temperature forecast for Thursday afternoon is 81°F, which would be the earliest 81 on record. I thought this NBM forecast seemed a little jacked, but mid 70s seems doable.
Bottom line: It shall get warm.
Yikes! And I was hoping for a very long spring - not another quick leap into summer :(
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