In California, the Rose Parade wound through Pasadena. At Cotton Bowl Stadium, the Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 in a National Hockey League game played in the sunshine.
In Salt Lake City on Wednesday, people shoveled. Some stomped their snow boots to a hill, and sled down it.
The new decade blew into northern Utah on Wednesday, puffing snow into the valleys, albeit sometimes less than the steepest predictions. The National Weather Service had forecast 2 to 6 inches in the valleys, but by 7 p.m. Wednesday, the weather service reported just 1 1/2 inch had fallen at Salt Lake City International Airport.
Brigham Young University received 3.3 inches and Park City 3 inches. Alta was the biggest winner among the ski resorts at 7.8 inches.
(Courtesy National Weather Service)
The flakes started before sunrise and continued off and on until sundown. In Salt Lake City, where temperatures reached the high 30s, rain sometimes replaced snow.
The Utah Avalanche Center said the avalanche danger in northern Utah is “considerable” on Wednesday.
Thursday, there is a 50% chance of snow in Salt Lake City with high temperatures in the mid-30s, according to the National Weather Service. Friday is to be partly sunny with temperatures reaching the upper 30s.
St. George was dry Wednesday with a high of 49 degrees. The temperatures are forecast to creep into the low 50s Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
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