SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2276 FOR MUCH OF UT INCLUDING THE WASATCH
AND S-CENTRAL MTNS...PARTS OF ERN NV
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW...

VALID 250321Z - 251100Z

SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF UT...BETWEEN 08Z AND 11Z.

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LIGHTNING DATA SHOW CONVECTION BEGINNING TO
FORM AHEAD OF VORTICITY MAX NOW MOVING THROUGH NV.  ALONG WITH THIS
FEATURE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION LATE
THIS EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION ALONG THE FRONT.  AS THIS SYSTEM
ENTERS INTO UT...LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL VEER TO WLY BEHIND
FRONT...AND BY 09Z...UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ENHANCE SNOWFALL RATES OVER
THE WASATCH.  LOCALLY HEAVY CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE OUTLOOKED AREA.  

..JEWELL.. 11/25/01