A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC EARLY IN THE COMING WEEK. THIS LOW WILL REACH THE CALIFORNIA COAST LATE TUESDAY...THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY.
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THIS STORM WOULD BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO UTAH...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. LIGHT VALLEY RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL BEGIN WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THANKSGIVING DAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MOSTLY AS RAIN IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WITH THE MOUNTAINS SEEING SNOW THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALLS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY. THE VALLEY RAINS COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. SOME VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. THE NORTHERN UTAH VALLEYS MAY ALSO SEE RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW...BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN STATES THIS COMING WEEKEND. MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS CONCERNING THE TRACK OF THIS NEXT STORM....THOUGH AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY AREA OF THE STATE TO SEE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SOUTHWEST UTAH.
THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR TRAVEL DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.