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Travel disruptions expected amid weekend winter storms
Fog and recent snow are pictured at Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Oct. 12, 2021.Journey on Utah roads this weekend is anticipated to be extraordinarily tough on account of a number of winter climate advisories and heavy snow. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information)
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SALT LAKE CITY — Journey on Utah roads this weekend is anticipated to be extraordinarily tough on account of a number of winter climate advisories and heavy snow. And vacationers driving to the Rose Bowl are suggested to depart earlier than Sunday to keep away from the worst day of journey.
KSL meteorologist Matthew Johnson mentioned drivers heading to Pasadena, California, for the sport ought to see clear roads most of Saturday, however I-15 between Salt Lake Metropolis and Cedar Metropolis is anticipated to see snow many of the day on Sunday.
“(The) worst day to journey is Sunday. … If touring to the Rose Bowl, get on the street earlier than (then),” he mentioned.
Rain will proceed within the valleys alongside the Wasatch Entrance Friday and Saturday, however is anticipated to show to snow on Sunday. The valleys might accumulate between 1 and a couple of inches of snow by the point the storm passes Monday.
All Utah mountains are anticipated to have as much as 3 ft of snow between Friday and Monday. The Wasatch Mountains might get between 2 and 5 ft of snow over the weekend, with excessive quantities present in Massive Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon. A short lull in snowfall will happen Saturday, however snow will decide up once more by Sunday morning.
Heavy snow between 6 and 12 inches is projected for the Wasatch Again, which is underneath a winter climate advisory by means of Monday morning.
To get up to date forecasts in your space, go to the KSL Climate web page.
With a lot snow anticipated, an avalanche watch is in impact in most Utah mountains by means of 6 a.m. Saturday, with avalanche hazard anticipated to be excessive.
“This storm goes to extend avalanche hazard much more with it being a moist, heavy snow falling on an already weak layer up there,” Johnson mentioned.
The most recent winter storm will add to a snowpack that’s already effectively above common, Johnson mentioned, and this storm might make this month one of many snowiest Decembers on report. Alta has already amassed 137 inches this month, up from the typical of 92 inches.
If the weekend goes as anticipated, whole snow accumulation between 167 and 177 inches might make for the third snowiest December on report, behind 244 inches in 1983 and 184 inches in 1981. Third place is at the moment held by 1996, which totaled 165 inches.
Highway Climate Alert:
The primary spherical of a protracted winter storm will convey heavy mountain snow and a few minor valley impacts to northern and central UT Friday by means of Saturday night time.
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A winter climate advisory for Bear Lake and Bear River Valley is in impact and predicts 4-12 inches of snow by Monday morning.
A winter storm watch is about for Saturday afternoon to Sunday night for the as much as 30 inches of snow predicted to hit mountains in southern Utah and the Brian Head space.
The Nationwide Climate Service says journey will probably be “very tough to not possible.” Because of the heat nature of this storm system, a rain-snow combination is anticipated.
Jap Field Elder County and Cache Valley will seemingly encounter slippery, hazardous street situations which may influence morning and night commutes. The winter climate advisory for Friday mentioned about 2-4 inches of snow are anticipated and the snow may transition to rain late Friday night.
Commuters and folks on the street are inspired to decelerate and use warning whereas touring. Snowfall forecast is on the Nationwide Climate Service’s web page and street situations may be discovered on the Utah Division of Transportation’s web site.
The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned for those who should journey, it’s best to hold a flashlight, meals and water in your car in case of an emergency.
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Utah Highway Patrol responds to your suggestions on making Utah roads safer
SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News is Driven to Change and that includes bringing you reports on important topics like road rage, construction, and wrong-way drivers. During our coverage, we continually ask for any questions or concerns you may have along Utah’s roadways.
The feedback has gotten an enormous response, so FOX 13 sat down with Lieutenant Cameron Roden on Good Day Utah to help address input we have been getting, from the perspective of Utah Highway Patrol.
Speeding in Utah, there’s so much of it, and then you can sometimes say that that leads to tailgating, which may lead to road rage incidents. What are you seeing out there in terms of speed and what can we do to lessen the effects of that?
Lt. Cameron Roden: Speed is our number one thing that we see. That’s our number one traffic stop that we make, and we know that it leads to the majority of crashes in the state of Utah. So we definitely put an emphasis on speed and it does lead to other things. Not just crashes. It leads to road rage and other things .So, as far as what changes can we make, we need to start with ourselves, and really say, ‘Hey, do I have a problem?’ You know, we just need to start with ourselves and not think that it’s something else’s problem. If we slow our speeds ourselves, and then it’ll start to to catch on and people will do that speed limit. So, but the legislature has definitely taken some steps to help us address, especially the the speeds that are those excessive speeds where we have that one zero five law now that addresses those speeds and increases fines and and hopefully discourages people from those extreme speeds.
Some of our viewers talked about maybe capping some of the speed limits for truck drivers. Is that something that’s even feasible?
You know, that would be something that would have to go through that, that legislative process to see whether we that would be something that would help. But ultimately, if we we start with ourselves, hopefully that will make that change and reduce crashes and fatalities.
There are things being done to try and intervene and stop wrong-way drivers before they happen. But some of our viewers propose things like spikes. What are your thoughts on implementing something like that?
We’ve had over the last several years, a rash of wrong-way drivers, and it’ll come in onesie twos, and then we’ll go for a period of time without that. And so, but this spike over the last couple of years has caused us to to create a task force to look at wrongly driving what things can be done. And so getting all these stakeholders together between UDOT and Highway Safety, looking at what technologies and things that could be implemented, and and things like, wrong way detection cameras. Those are some things that are being actually used in the state of Utah right now to help us spot those and and advance signage, getting people to realize they’re going the wrong way and turn around. The the spike strips have actually been talked about in our task force a little bit. And if something like that would even be, it is that technology available right now. And as what we could actually implement in the state of Utah, there’s nothing that really fits the bill right now because of our environment. We have our snow plows. We have snow and things like that. Something like that really wouldn’t be practical right now.
Probably the most talked about topic that we’ve received was distracted driving, texting while driving. You went out, I saw on the UHP social media page, that you guys just driving and you look to your right and left and you can find someone texting. What kind of enforcement do we have against distracted driving specifically on your phone?
This is something that we like you said, we see it every day. We go out to crashes,and and we may suspect that a driver may be distracted. And so, it’s something that’s definitely under-reported. It’s it’s a bigger problem than than the numbers really show.And so not only do we address it during our normal patrols.Our officers are seeing it, and addressing it while they’re out there.But we’ll also do targeted patrols where the highway safety office actually gives out additional funds for that targeted enforcement, where we’ll get an unmarked vehicle. We go out driving down the roads where we try to spot these vehicles and and get them stopped because those are those are a big danger on our roadways where our attention and our focus needs to be on driving.
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Utah National Guard gets new, top-of-the-line Apache helicopters
WEST JORDAN, Utah — The Utah National Guard has been serving the state since 1894 with roots dating back to the Minutemen of the 17th-century American colonies.
This weekend, they received quite the boost in the form of the Army’s most advanced attack helicopter.
“These aircraft are extremely fast compared to our other aircraft,” said Col. Patrick.
On Saturday, the Utah National Guard took their new Apache helicopters for a spin.
“The flight went better than we could have hoped for. A little weather on the east coast, but after that, it wasn’t bad at all,” Patrick said.
The first four of 24 Apaches arrived early Saturday morning after they went under full inspection.
“They’ve got software on there that it’s like playing a video game. You just fly the video game and the airplane… is fast and smooth, which is the good thing, and so it’ll just hold the altitude and airspeed and just keep on trucking along. It’s pretty good,” Patrick said.
The first Apache helicopters arrived in Utah back in 1992.
“It just continues the legacy of the air pirates and what we bring to not only Utah, but really to the global fight and security, really,” Patrick added.
The colonel calls it a major step forward.
“What a great day for Utah as we advance into the next couple decades of combat operations and what we can provide to, you know, the global security.”
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