Parts of Utah, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Idaho are under winter storm warnings, with travel expected to be “very difficult” in several places.
Several areas across the U.S. saw a white Christmas and an atmospheric river hit the Pacific Northwest.
Winter Storm Warning in Utah
A warning covers the Wasatch Mountains, the Western Uinta Mountains and the Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs from 5 a.m. MST on Thursday morning to 11 p.m. on Saturday.
Areas “favored by moist northwest flow,” such as the Upper Cottonwoods, Ben Lomond Peak vicinity and the Bear River Mountains, have a 70 to 90 percent chance of more than 18 inches of snow, said the National Weather Service (NWS) in Salt Lake City…