Northern Utah was in for not one but two "commuter specials" in the coming days as a major winter storm moved into the region.
Snowfall began Wednesday afternoon for the drive home and was to make an encore for the Thursday morning slog into work. Wednesday afternoon, vehicles headed into Little Cottonwood Canyon and Big Cottonwood Canyon were required to have 4x4 or chains, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.
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The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings covering an area stretching from Utah’s borders with Nevada and Idaho and running south through Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City and Provo to Nephi, east to the western Uintas and southeast to Green River.
The warnings kick in at noon Wednesday and extend through 5 p.m. Thursday for the northern Wasatch Range north of Interstate 80, and through 3 p.m. Friday for the Wasatch region south of I-80. Snow totals were predicted to be in the 4-8 inch range for most valley locations, with the Ogden Valley expecting up to a foot and the Wasatch mountains south of I-80 expecting 2-3 feet of new snow.
The eastern Tooele County area was under a winter storm advisory with 1-2 inches of snow expected.
The new precipitation led the Utah Avalanche Center to issue a "red" or high risk for dangerous snow slides for the western Uintas while Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo and Moab earned "yellow" or moderate risk grades.
The Utah Division of Environmental Quality issued "green" or healthy air quality ratings for the entire state through Thursday.
High temperatures were expected to hit 41 and 45 degrees in Salt Lake City Wednesday and Thursday; Ogden looked for 36 and 42 degrees, respectively; Provo 42 and 48; Logan 31 and 38; Wendover 39 and 44; Duchesne 33 and 39; Cedar City 46 and 53; St. George 55 and 58; and Moab 46 and 52 degrees.
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