The following series of pictures are taken from the Terra Satellite and show the progression of snow cover over the last few weeks. (Click the picture and use your arrow keys to compare images.)
Before Christmas there wasn't any snow in the valley's. The beginning of December was much warmer than average.
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| December 23, 2014 |
Managed to finally get a winter storm on Christmas day. A few days later we the clouds moved out and we can see the surface again.
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| December 27, 2015 |
On December 30 northern Utah had a downslope wind event. This caused a lot of blowing snow. Downstream the canyons along the mountain range you can see much thinner snow cover. Also, Utah Lake freezes.
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| January 1, 2015 |
More clear days after the new year. Snow starts to melt away. It's hard to tell from satellite, but these days were quite polluted.
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| January 7, 2015 |
To the north in this picture you can see the fog locked in the Cache Valley.
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| January 9, 2015 |
In fact, it was foggy in many of the mountain basins and patchy fog near the Great Salt Lake.
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| January 9, 2015 Fog |
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