After a break in the weather on Friday and early Saturday, Utahns can expect more rain. And the air quality is expected to be better than it has been recently.
Utah’s air wasn’t pristine on Friday morning, but it wasn’t terrible. It was in the yellow/moderate category in the counties where it’s monitored — Salt Lake, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne, Iron, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Washington and Weber — and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s forecast calls for it to stay there on Saturday and Sunday.
According to the National Weather Service, Friday through Saturday morning will be clear — with the exception of some patchy smoke — but there’s a 40% chance of rain Saturday afternoon in the Salt Lake City are, rising to 70% on Saturday night. Locally heavy rain, small hail and strong, gusty winds will be possible across northern Utah.
As of midday Friday, there are no flash flood warnings — a considerable change from the past couple of days. Flash floods are not expected at any of Utah’s national parks or national monuments on Friday, and the only one listed as “possible” on Saturday is the San Rafael Swell.
On Thursday, the high at the Salt Lake City International Airport was just 64, breaking the record of 66 set in 1980.
Temperatures will rise, the forecast said, but remain below average. In the Salt Lake City area, the forecast calls for highs in the low 70s on Friday, the mid- to upper 70s on Friday and Saturday, and the low 80s on Sunday and Monday.
There’s some smoke in the forecast for St. George on Friday, but no rain through Monday. After highs in the low 90s on Friday, temperatures will rise to the mid- to upper 90s on Saturday and Sunday and the low 100s on Monday.
