UWFPS 2017 daily cold-air pool forecast valid Thursday 01/19/2017  9 am MST

Summary: A very shallow cold-pool (~250 m deep) hangs on in the Salt Lake and Cache Valley as of 9 am as top-down mixing removes the cold-air. Cooling aloft and snow showers (1-2" accumulations possible) will result in complete cold-air pool mix-out Thursday afternoon.

Top-down erosion of cold-pool in the last few days. Note the cold-air pool depth has decreased from 800 m on 17 Jan to 250 m this morning.

Current weather outlook for Friday 20 January - Friday 27 January. 

Low temperatures will be 20-25 degrees F with high temperatures 30-35 degrees F through the period


Friday 20 January: Mostly cloudy with 30% chance of snow.  

Saturday 21 January:  Chance of snow (1-3" possible).

Sunday 22 January ***Partly cloudy. Potential break period in the morning*** Snow possible in the afternoon. 

Monday 23 January Chance of snow.

Tuesday 24 January Chance of snow.

Wednesday 25 January Mostly cloudy, clearing.

Thursday 26 January onward. Potential for start of a prolonged cold-air pool episode. Stay tuned.