Winter Weather — Eastern Uinta Mountains, Utah

2025-04-01 to 2025-04-02 · Eastern Uinta Mountains, Utah

Event narrative

Generally 5 to 9 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds generally gusted in the 35 to 45 mph range with a peak wind gust of 48 mph at Windy Point on March 31 at 22:10. During the April portion of the event, the peak wind gust at Windy Point was 46 mph at 2:40 on April 1.

Wider weather episode

A closed low pressure system over the Pacific Northwest brought a strong cold front across the area that moved through from northwest to southeast. Light to moderate snowfall fell over most mountain areas of eastern Utah and western Colorado with heaviest amounts favored among the Uncompahgre Gorge of the northwest San Juans as well as some northwest favored slopes. The northwest Colorado valleys also saw light to moderate snowfall with lesser amounts elsewhere. In addition strong winds led to impacts due to blowing snow and low visibility with gusts in the 60 to 80 mph range across some higher mountain areas and gusts of 40 to 60 mph across the northwest Colorado valleys in addition to the snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248864. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.