Rain and occasional snow showers are forecast for Utah into the mid-week from the state’s northern to the southern borders.
Forecasters began Tuesday with a winter storm warning, bringing up to a foot of snow to the mountains, in effect for southern Utah from Escalante running southwest through Zion National Park, while a winter storm advisory — with 4-10 inches of snow predicted — was in effect for an area just east of Provo and ranging south through Delta, Manti, Price and Richfield. Both alerts were to expire at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
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The state’s risk ratings for potentially life-threatening snow slides were the proverbial mixed bag: mountain slopes near Salt Lake City, Provo, the western Uintas and Moab all were graded at "orange," or considerable risk, while the Logan and Ogden districts earned "yellow," or moderate rankings.
The Utah Division of Environmental Quality was flying its "green," or satisfactory air quality flags statewide going into Wednesday and Thursday.
Salt Lake City expected a high temperature Wednesday of 45 degrees, the same high predicted for Tuesday; Ogden looked for 42 degrees both days; Provo 45 and 46; Logan 40s; Wendover 42 and 43; Duchesne 40 and 41; Cedar City 40 and 36; St. George 53 and 49; and Moab 48 and 47 degrees.
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