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When the skies of November turn gloomy, Gordon Lightfoot might observe, the Wasatch Front is a bone to be chewed; and be sure, it will be a weekend cold front northern Utahns will be feelin'.
OK, the gusty, sudden dip in temperatures, along with thunderstorms, rain and — in the high mountains — snow showers expected to roll into the state Saturday and Sunday hardly equates to the "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald."
But it's just a great song, worthy of almost any excuse to share. Chill, already.
Come Saturday, northern Utah will see daytime temperatures slip 5-10 degrees from Friday's highs and into the 60s before the afternoon and evening see the Pacific cold front barrel in. Winds of 20-30 mph, and gusts of 40 mph or more, will usher in precipitation and overnight lows will dip to near-freezing.
By Sunday, daytime highs will be in the mid-40s along the Wasatch Front. The valley rainfall and mountain snows will intensify, the National Weather Service predicts.
Gordo might lament, "Does any one know where the love of God goes" in such cases. Well, perhaps southern Utah, at least this weekend.
Utah's Dixie looks for some breezes and isolated afternoon rain Saturday afternoon, but highs will still be balmy in the 70s. Sunday will see a repeat of that pattern, with highs only a few degrees cooler.
The Utah Division of Air Quality gave a "green," or healthy grade for the entire state heading into the weekend. And, it will be allergy-free, as well: the Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website reported Friday that allergen levels were so low that they simply did not register on its pollen index.
To learn more about the forecast in detail, visit the Tribune's weather page at sltrib.com/weather.
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