Matt Johnson KSL

17/02/2025

A little Valentine’s weekend in Moab!

15/02/2025

Mountains got slammed!

12/02/2025

STATEWIDE STORM: Our storm will move in tomorrow midday/afternoon. Starts as snow in the valleys then transitions to rain/snow mix Thursday night. Snow levels fluctuate through the event around 5-6k FEET.

TIMING: FEB 13-15
VALLEYS: .33-1.00”
MOUNTAINS: 12-36”+
COTTONWOODS: up to 40”

05/02/2025

FEBRUARY’S ALL-TIME WARMEST: At approximately 3:00PM today the mercury hit an unfathomable 69°F. This officially ties the February all-time warmest temperature ever recorded in Salt Lake City, which was previously seen February 28, 1972!

Cooler weather is in store tomorrow, but it will be a gradual cool down into the weekend where we’ll see highs return to the 30s and 40s.

31/01/2025

WEEKEND RAIN: The totals below I'd say are an accurate depiction of where the bullseye of this 2-day storm will be. North of SLC. Utah County will be picking up scraps as they will fall on the south edge of the fire hose.

WEEKEND SNOW: Snow levels will start around 5-6k feet Saturday and rise to 8-9k feet on Sunday morning. That means heavy water-logged snow on lighter snow, avalanche danger will be high!

Bear River Range: 12-36"
Mtns I-80 North: 12-24"
Mtns I-80 South: 8-16"
Uintas: 6-12"

30/01/2025

UTAH LAKE: The boys broke out the skates and played some hockey on the middle of Utah Lake! Fun stuff!

📍: Vineyard Beach, UT
📸: Kyler Smith / Brittany Kamerman

30/01/2025

ACTIVE PATTERN: The NBM is advertising 7.43" of snow water equivalent at Alta over the next 10 days. That would be 74" of new snow if we assume the standard 10:1 ratio!

Can't guarantee it, but this kind of projection does not spell high pressure. I'll say that much.

Our first storm arrives in the form of valley rain and mountain snow this weekend. Updates on KSL 5 TV today at Noon!

29/01/2025

BOOM OR BUST: An atmospheric river moving into the west coast this weekend will impact Utah in some way.

BOOM (left): The deep tap of moisture slams northern Utah bringing feet of snow to the mountains.

BUST (right): The fire hose stays to our north and we pickup leftovers.

28/01/2025

TASTE OF SPRING: Pictured below is the temp departure from normal for next Tuesday Feb 4.

The European model is showing the light gray to white as 20-27° above normal.

That would bring Salt Lake's first 60°+ day and St. George's first 70°+ day of the year! ALREADY!

28/01/2025

DRY STREAK: St. George still has not seen any measurable rainfall for the last 2 months. The longest dry streak was in 2019 at 155 days.

25/01/2025

The ice at Utah Lake this week was the best we’ve seen in about 5 years. Absolutely stunning views! Have you been to see the ice yet?

23/01/2025

The sad numbers speak for themselves… 😢

22/01/2025

The quiet and cold weather has allowed for a sheet of ice to form on Utah Lake! With the next big wind event we should see some healthy “ice shoves”!

📍: American Fork Marina, UT
📸: Kevin Hehl

16/01/2025

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Just sharing a photo to mark ONE full year down at KSL 5 TV in Salt Lake City, UT! I have truly enjoyed my first year here so much, and am very grateful for the team I get to work with! The weather continues to humble me here, but nothing is better than getting to learn something new everyday. Thank you Utah for welcoming me! I’m excited most to finally learn how to ski in the best snow on earth, and you will be coming along for the ride with me! You’ll see😅

14/01/2025

An Arctic cold front will sweep through the Midwest this weekend, and will merely kiss Utah. Though not a direct hit, temperatures will respond. Forecast models bringing in our coldest airmass of the season and our first 20 degree day of the season (Jan 19-20)! 🥶

13/01/2025

lol who let me go on air like this 👔 🙄

13/01/2025

⚠️EXTREME FIRE DANGER⚠️

TODAY - WEDNESDAY

The Santa Anas will be making a return to Southern California. The combination of extra low humidity, parched vegetation and high winds will be a recipe for extreme fire behavior the next 72 hours. This means that if any fires do start, they will burn extra hot, spread rapidly and carry embers long distances! We also can’t rule out the re-intensification of other smoldering fires.

HUMIDITY: 8-15%
WINDS: 20-40 mph, gusts up to 70 mph

The last 3 times we had fire danger this high in Southern California, destructive fires broke out:

1. The Mountain Fire ( 243 structures)
2. The Franklin Fire (20 structures)
3. The Palisades & Eaton Fires (5,000+ structures)

11/01/2025

WEEKEND SNOW: We've got a nice little storm headed in for Saturday-Sunday. The only caveat is that this is a northwest flow event, this typically does not bode well for Utah Valley. Could see some shadowing, especially in the north end of the valley.