Heavy Snow — Western Uinta Mountains, Utah

2019-11-27 to 2019-11-30 · Western Uinta Mountains, Utah

Event narrative

The Spirit Lake SNOTEL received 3.7 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 56 inches of snow, while the Trial Lake SNOTEL received 1.9 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 29 inches of snow. Additionally, 23 inches of snow was received 10 miles to the east southeast of Heber City in the Western Uinta Mountains.

Wider weather episode

A long duration winter storm system brought impressive snowfall totals over a period of several days across much of the state of Utah.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 866119. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.