Winter forecast calls for a good snow shovel but not thermal undies
The National Weather Service has done a three-month outlook and predicts equal chances for above normal temperatures and above normal precipitation during November, December and January.
The temperature probability includes all of Utah except a sliver of land running along the Utah-Colorado border.
The precipitation outlook includes all of the state except a small area in the southeast corner on the Arizona border.
During the first half of November, the weather in Salt Lake City has been as predicted warmer than normal and also wetter than normal.
The Salt Lake International Airport received 1.43 inches of moisture through mid-November, compared to a normal of 0.65 inches of moisture,
The airport had an average of 49 degrees, nine degrees above the long-term normal of 40 degrees.
Warmer and wetter was also the pattern for the 2007-08 winter.
Last year, most Utah cities exceeded their snow removal budgets, inundated by precipitation. Alta Ski Resort enjoyed one of its biggest snowfall season ever.
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