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Updated: 2:47 PM- The latest in a series of wet winter storms that rumbled across the Wasatch Front Wednesday morning left much of northern Utah buried in its wake.
The storm, which finally broke up this morning, deposited 2 to 4 inches on the Salt Lake Valley and benches. But it plastered northern Weber and Box Elder counties, dropped a bunch on northern Utah County as well.
As of 10 a.m., Ogden and its benches measured 8 to 9 inches of new snow, while Brigham City checked in with just over half-a-foot. Down south, Alpine got seven inches, while Orem got six.
The big snow dump in Ogden wreaked havoc on Weber State University. The school cancelled tonight's classes, with the closures impacting not only the main campus, but satellite campuses in Layton, Roy, Morgan and Kaysville.
All classes beginning at 4 p.m. and later were scuttled, but the cancellation does not affect other activities and events scheduled at WSU campuses tonight.
The Wasatch Front http://www.skiutah.com" Target="_BLANK">ski resorts also got dumped on. Alta got 13 inches of snow, Snowbird received 9, Brighton 8, Park City 6 and Snowbasin 9.
Today's storm has prompted a heavy avalanche warning for the northern Utah mountains and western Uintas. The http://www.avalanche.org/~uac" Target="_BLANK">Utah Avalanche Center has declared avalanche danger "high" and is recommending that skiers, snow-shoers and snowmobilers steer clear of the backcountry until things stabilize.
The active, moisture-filled weather patterns is expected to continue right into the weekend. The next storm is expected to arrive Thursday and will linger into Friday, again bringing heavy snow to parts of northern Utah and some snowfall along the Interstate 15 corridor in west central Utah.