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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
232 PM MST MON FEB 23 2026
UTZ110>112-240815-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WW.Y.0008.260224T1500Z-260226T0000Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - MANTUA, LOGAN SUMMIT, ALTA,
BRIGHTON, MOON LAKE, AND MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY
232 PM MST MON FEB 23 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST
WEDNESDAY ABOVE 8000 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET. ABOVE 8000 FEET, 2 TO 8
INCHES EXPECTED. ABOVE 9000 FEET, 6 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE BEAR RIVER RANGE AND
UPPER COTTONWOODS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 80 MPH ACROSS EXPOSED
MOUNTAIN RIDGELINES.
* WHERE...THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS, AND WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ALONG HIGH ELEVATION
ROUTES LIKE LOGAN SUMMIT, THE UPPER COTTONWOODS, AND WOLF CREEK
PASS. TRACTION LAW RESTRICTIONS MAY BE ENACTED. GUSTY WINDS COULD
BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS BEGIN AROUND 6500 FEET AT THE
ONSET OF PRECIPITATION, BUT QUICKLY RISE TO AROUND 8000 FEET BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS MAY RISE AS HIGH AS 10000 FEET
OVERNIGHT UNDER HEAVY PRECIPITATION. SNOW CHARACTER WILL BE HEAVY
AND WET GIVEN THE WARM NATURE OF THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALREADY EXIST IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, PER THE UTAH
AVALANCHE CENTER. HEAVY, WET SNOW IS EXPECTED, SO BACKCOUNTRY USERS
SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION AND CONSULT UTAHAVALANCHECENTER.ORG
FOR AVALANCHE FORECASTS.
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR WINTER ROAD
CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, VISIT
HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV.
FOR GRAPHICAL DEPICTIONS OF THE SNOWFALL FORECAST, INCLUDING
OFFICIAL NWS FORECAST, HIGH END AMOUNT, AND LOW END AMOUNT, VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/SLC/WINTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY.
FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT
HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV
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