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It's finally beginning to look a little like Christmas, though the snowy weather in northern Utah won't last.
Snow will continue to accumulate in the northern mountains Sunday. The valleys' snowfall, though, isn't expected to accumulate much, if at all, with high temperatures in at least the Salt Lake City area still around 41 for Sunday. That high will rise to 42 on Monday, which the National Weather Service predicts will be mostly sunny.
Meanwhile, the state's southern and eastern valleys could see patchy fog Sunday morning, but it's expected to burn off my midday, according to the weather service. That sun is expected to warm the St. George area to 57 degrees Sunday, followed by 56 on Monday.
Canyonlands National Park announced Sunday that Shafer Trail Road is closed until further notice, due to muddy and icy conditions.
As of noon Sunday, the storm had dropped about an inch of snow in Bountiful, an inch and a half in Sandy and Cottonwood Heights, and 10 inches in Alta and Snowbird, according to the weather service.
Authorities are advising Utahns to be wary of the back country. There's a moderate risk for avalanches in the Salt Lake, Provo, Ogden, Logan, Moab and Uintas-area mountains Sunday, as well as a low risk in the Skyline mountains, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
The Utah Division of Air Quality forecasts healthy air statewide Sunday and Monday.
For more detailed forecast information, visit The Salt Lake Tribune's weather page.
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