salt lake city (ABC4) – Happy Thursday, or Happy Friday Eve Utah! It's been a busy week of weather so far, and we have even busier weather heading into the end of the work week.
Today will bring scattered showers across the Beehive State with the best chance coming into central and southern Utah as the storm system moves in from the southwest. In northern Utah, rain will be more hit or miss, but the possibility will be there. Given that temperatures will be similar to what we experienced yesterday in northern Utah, there will be a possibility of rain and snow in our valleys.
In the south, most of what we'll see will be snow outside of lower elevations like lower Washington County where rain is expected. Outside of any wet weather, skies will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy. Daytime highs across the state will mainly be in the 30s and 40s.
Skies will likely clear up a bit tonight, but we'll maintain a chance for scattered snow showers across the state. By tomorrow, another fast-moving storm will blow in from the northwest to keep the wet weather potential high.
We will see scattered showers across the state, but showers will likely be more uniform compared to what the southern two-thirds of the state would prefer. Temperatures will also be a little cooler in northern Utah thanks to northwesterly flow allowing valleys to see mainly snow potential.
There are still winter advisories in place due to our potential for moisture. Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect for the central and southern mountains until 5 a.m. tomorrow, when an additional 6-12 inches of snow appears likely with higher amounts in the Pine Valleys and around Brian Head. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for Bryce Canyon until 5pm this afternoon, where an additional 3-6 inches of snow appears likely.
When it comes to accumulations through Friday night, the southern and central mountains will likely have the best results with 8-16 inches locally with up to 2 feet. The northern mountains won't see much, but we will add more snow with the northern Wasatch. From I-80 you will likely see 2-6″ with 5-10″ for the southern Wasatch.
If it all comes together, there's a chance sites in the southern Wasatch could see up to a foot away. The valleys for the next couple of days may receive no snow or up to 3″ while benches will likely see 1-4″ with up to 6″ in some locations. For the mountain valleys and the I-15 corridor between Cedar City and Nephi, 2-6 inches appears possible with perhaps more than a half foot in some locations.
The moisture will try to stick around through the end of the week, but the overall trend looks to dry out by late Saturday in what will be a cool weekend with temperatures a little below average before we start a steady climb into next week as skies look mostly flat. calm.
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