Another storm blew in Monday, but it wasn’t expected to bring nearly as much snow as the storm over the weekend.
Snow was projected to fall until about sunrise on Tuesday, said Peter Wilensky, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City.
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The early-morning commute could be "sketchy," he said.
The storm should drop only between 1 and 4 inches along the Wasatch Front, unlike the heavy totals seen Saturday. That also means that roads shouldn’t be as bad as they were on Saturday, when Bountiful resident Rhee Braby filmed outside his home on 400 North in Bountiful. In five minutes, he captured several cars sliding off the road, crashing into other cars, yards and even a snowplow. His video has had more than 350,000 views. Watch it here:
Temperatures should stay relatively mild this week, with highs in the 30s and moving into the 40s later as the forecast dries out, Wilensky said.
There is a possibility for precipitation in the northernmost part of the state on Wednesday into Thursday, but a bigger chance comes Friday, when the mountains should receive snow and the valley should have rain, he said. There’s also a possibility of a weak storm moving through on Sunday, he said.
"We’re not going to be in a very cold pattern," Wilensky said. "The best threat of storminess and snow is in the next 24 hours."
Weather in the southern part of the state should be much more mild: some precipitation Tuesday, with temperatures rising into the 50s Wednesday and hitting the 60s by Thursday.
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