17 Jul, 2026
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Weenies Cuaca Wasatch: Pembaruan Gelombang Panas – Beragampengetahuan

Sejauh ini, Utah bagian utara terlindung dari gelombang panas barat daya. Tapi itu akan berubah minggu ini. Rekor sepanjang masa yang dibuat pada akhir pekan termasuk 120F di Las Vegas (rekor lama 117F) dan 124F di Palm Springs (rekor lama 123). Sampai bulan Juli ini Bandara Internasional Salt Lake City “Keren” dengan nilai tertinggi pada […]

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Weenies Cuaca Wasatch: Neraka Akan Datang – Beragampengetahuan

Minggu ini cuacanya “dingin” karena kalau dilihat dari ramalan cuaca, neraka akan datang. Salah satu aturan umum saya adalah aturan 20/20 untuk suhu. Suhu di bawah -20C atau di atas 20C pada ketinggian 700 MB (sekitar 10.000 kaki) tidak biasa terjadi di Utah bagian utara. Prakiraan GFS terbaru untuk pukul 00.00 UTC tanggal 12 Juli […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: Sungguh Massa Udara! – Beragampengetahuan

Ibu Pertiwi memberikan udara sejuk seperti yang dijanjikan. Dan kita menyaksikan massa udara pertengahan Juni yang indah di Utah utara pagi ini. Suhu yang dilaporkan dalam 1 jam yang berakhir pada 1324 UTC (0724 MDT) menunjukkan 40 detik di Lembah Salt Lake, dengan 20 detik dan 20 detik di lembah pegunungan di Wasatch Back. suhu […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: Sastrugi – Beragampengetahuan

Along with graupel, sastrugi is one of my favorite weather-related words and I saw plenty of it ski touring yesterday.   Sastrugi is defined by avalanche.org as “heavily wind eroded snow with wavy textures.” Sometimes it looks rough or pockety.  In the photo below, it appears there is avalanche debris on this slope, but in reality […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: How About Something Different? – Beragampengetahuan

Many people are likely suffering from spring fever this weekend with sunshine and mild temperatures along the Wasatch Front.  Saturday’s high temperature at the Salt Lake City International Airport was 56F and the National Weather Service is going for 61F for today (Sunday). Source: NWS.  Downloaded at 8:41 AM MST Nevertheless, the snow held up […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: Blog Break – Beragampengetahuan

The Wasatch Weather Weenies blog discusses the weather and climate of the Wasatch Front and Mountains, western United States, and beyond. Readers include aspiring and old-school atmospheric scientists, weather enthusiasts, powder snobs, and poor souls enrolled in classes taught by University of Utah Atmospheric Sciences Professor Jim Steenburgh. Many posts feature content or insights enabled […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: Limitations of Alta–Zermatt Comparisons – Beragampengetahuan

  Zermatt, Switzerland It is not unusual to hear people make comparisons between Alta and Zermatt when it comes to transportation.  One often hears statements like “Alta should be like Zermatt” or “we should have a train like Zermatt.”  This article is not to argue against transportation upgrades (I am likely supportive of a well […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: Southern Track Goldilocks Storm – Beragampengetahuan

Snowfall in the central Wasatch has been scant in recent days with a ridge in charge, but that will be changing tomorrow.   Currently a monster cyclone lurks over the eastern Pacific with clouds along the accompanying cold front pushing into California.  Hooray! This is, however, a splitting storm so the GFS forecasts the primary 500-mb […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: Steenburgh Winter (Sort of) – Beragampengetahuan

This has been a ski season characterized by dramatic boom and bust cycles that are very clear in the snowpack water equivalent trace for Snowbird below.  Evident are two major storm periods from December 1 to 10 and from Jan 3 to 22 that added 6.4 inches and 8.6 inches of water, respectively.  Together, these […]

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Wasatch Weather Weenies: About That Alpine Snow – Beragampengetahuan

The northern and western Alps are generally off to a good start to the ski season, but there are some caveats.  Given our current snow drought, I thought we would have a look, focusing on the eastern Alps of western Austria and northeast Italy.   Below is an analysis of total snow depth from the avalanche.report.  […]