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From northern Utah's Wasatch and Uintas, into the central mountains, western desert and southern redrock and canyons, winter weather ruled as the new work week began.
The National Weather Service slapped a Winter Storm Warning through 4 a.m. Tuesday over an area stretching from just east of Salt Lake City and Park City south to Provo, Nephi, Price, Manti, Delta and Richfield.
Accumulations of 4-8 inches of snow were expected, primarily along the Interstate 15 corridor, forecasters said.
Much of that arrived just in time to up the frosty misery index for the morning commute. Interstate 80 through Parleys Canyon began the day restricted to four-wheel drive or tire-chained vehicles, as were Big and Little Cottonwood and Sardine canyons.
By 8:30 a.m., the Utah Highway Patrol had dispatched troopers to more than 20 accidents on icy, snowpacked roads. Salt Lake Valley dispatchers logged a dozen crashes during the same period.
Winter Weather advisories also were issued for the northern Wasatch Front and the Cache, Salt Lake and Tooele valleys, where 1-4 inches of snow were predicted. Also included in the advisories were the southern mountains and Bryce Canyon, with 5-10 inches expected, as well as the eastern Uintas (4-8 inches) and Monticello region (6-12 inches).
Those latter advisories were to expire between midnight and 4 a.m. Tuesday.
In the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys, Tuesday will see diminished but continuing snow showers throughout the day, with high temperatures in the mid-30s — an echo of Monday's forecast. Wednesday will see some clearing and warmer temperatures in the low-40s.
Southwestern Utah looks for breezy, occasionally rainy weather to open the new week. Highs will be in the low- to mid-50s into the midweek.
The Utah Division of Air Quality awarded universal "green," or healthy grades statewide through Tuesday.
The Utah Avalanche Center began Monday with "considerable" risk ratings for the Logan and Uintas mountain districts, while the rest of the state was deemed "moderate" for backcountry mountain snowslide danger.
For more extensive forecast information visit the Tribune's weather page at http://www.sltrib.com/news/weather/.
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