Even though there were several bursts of snow expected to head for the Salt Lake Valley area Wednesday afternoon, forecasters said there likely wouldn’t be much snow to get excited about.
According to the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office on Wednesday, there was a chance that Wednesday’s storm would never make it to the valley floor. Even in high-elevation areas like the upper Cottonwood canyons, the storm was likely only leave 2-to-3 inches.
Even so, forecasters said there was a small chance the storm would reach roadways in the Salt Lake Valley on Wednesday afternoon, according to Lisa Verzella, observations program leader for the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office.
Depending on the snowfall’s intensity, she said drivers Wednesday could face reduced visibility. Though the conditions might overlap with the beginning of rush hour, she said any potential snowfall likely was not going to last long into the commute.
In a post on X just before noon Wednesday, the weather service’s Salt Lake City Office showed snowfall beginning to graze Johnson Pass at 6,500 feet of elevation in Tooele County.
UDOT camera image shows snow currently falling at Johnsons Pass at 6500 ft as the band makes its way into the SL valley #utwx pic.twitter.com/apkJYJHffO
— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) January 28, 2026
The snow that Salt Lake Valley might be seeing Wednesday afternoon was the only potential storm on the National Weather Service’s seven-day forecast for the area as of Wednesday.