The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has extended a Winter Storm Warning for the Salt Lake Valley, including cities like Salt Lake City, West Jordan, and Sandy, with expectations of heavy snowfall continuing into Tuesday evening. The warning, which details additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches on valley floors and 3 to 6 inches on the benches, emphasizes that these conditions could severely affect the day's commute.

Citizens have been advised to remain cautious as "winter driving conditions are expected," with the hazardous weather potentially hampering the Tuesday morning commute, and it doesn't end there – the storm is likely to extend its frosty grip, depositing more snow tonight into Wednesday morning particularly southeast of the Great Salt Lake, the warning may need to be extended if lake effect snow persists and it could impact this evening's commute as well according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures hovered around the freezing mark with ongoing mist and a wind chill dropping to 24°F in the early hours of Tuesday, as reported by the National Weather Service. 

The NWS's detailed forecast does offer a glimmer of reprieve in the coming days, following the storm, a decrease in chances of snow showers to 20 percent by Wednesday afternoon and a mostly sunny outlook with highs peaking near 44 degrees however, erratic weather patterns seem to persist, indicating that more snow showers could appear before noon Thursday, then changing to rain and snow showers, with the chance of precipitation sitting at 60% although accumulation is expected to be minimal.

Residents looking towards the weekend can expect partly sunny skies by Friday, with a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the evening, but temperatures are predicted to gradually increase with Saturday seeing a chance of showers and a high near 50 degrees and moving into early next week, Monday promises mostly sunny conditions with considerably warmer temperatures reaching up to 62 degrees.