We'll Take it

Clear and cold this morning, but a new healthy dosing of white is apparent on the Wasatch. Yesterdays storm produced in typical Wasatch fashion. The main push of energy and moisture moved through Monday morning, dropping over a foot of snow in most upper elevation mountain locations in northern Utah. As the main focus of the storm exited to the east, precipitation kept falling in the Cottonwoods even when conditions started to quiet down everywhere else. A nearly stationary shower band set up off the southern Oquirrhs up into the Cottonwoods early to late afternoon, which dropped heavy snowfall.

KMTX Radar Base Reflectitvy 2029-2307Z 1/6/2026

Remnant moisture, westerly to southwesterly flow, and a bit of convective instability was enough to continue producing heavy snow showers at times in the Cottonwood Canyons yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's afternoon sounding from KSLC shows a touch of CAPE, which is typically enough when combined with orographic lift to create some heavier mountain showers.

KSLC 1/6/2026 00Z Sounding

All said and done, over 24" of snow and 4+" of liquid accumulated across many Wasatch locations. This was the biggest snow and liquid producer of the season. The overall winners were Alta 29", Snowbird 26", and Brighton 28". Official storm reports below:

Storm totals Northern/Central Wasatch (1/4-1/5/2026):

Storm snow totals (in)

Storm SWE totals (in)

A colder storm is still on tap for this Wednesday through Thursday. Valley snow and another healthy dose of mountain snow is possible. Details are still tbd, but it should round out as a decent storm.