SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Happy Friday, Utah! We close out the workweek with warmer temperatures than what we’ve been seeing, especially toward the south end of the state.
Northern Utah highs will reach the upper 30s to low 40s in valleys and upper 20s to mid-30s in high terrain. Central Utah is a few degrees warmer today with highs in the mid to upper 40s in valleys and upper 30s in cooler spots. Southern Utah gets even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s with only a few spots staying in the upper 30s.
The bottom line? A relatively warm day is on deck ahead of our next snow-maker this weekend.
Southern Utah will see mostly sunny skies and central Utah will have a mix of sun and clouds. On the other hand, northern Utah will have more clouds than the sun and a chance of light snow showers ahead of an incoming cold front.
The first signs of snow could be seen as early as this afternoon, but the heaviest precipitation will likely be Saturday morning as the cold front pushes through. The low-pressure system associated with this storm will slide to the west of us, but there’s a lot of uncertainty about where exactly it wants to go. If it tracks further south we could see limited precipitation, but if it tracks over the southwest desert it could mean southern Utah finally gets some much-needed precipitation on Sunday and Monday, possibly even into Tuesday.
It’s still difficult to pin down just how much snow we’ll see through Monday, but we know there isn’t a whole lot of moisture to work with, so snow totals will be modest. Optimistic snow totals would put the Wasatch Front at zero to an inch of snow and about an inch or two for the Wasatch Back and valleys in southwest Utah. Northern and central mountains will only get about two to four inches, but we could have a decent four to eight inches on the southern mountains and Upper Cottonwoods.
The St. George area will see mostly rain, but they could certainly squeeze a few snowflakes out in Washington County as well! Again, these numbers are on the optimistic side, it could be less, but we’ll take whatever we can get!
We’ll continue to refine the forecast as the storm nears and keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in our 4Warn Weather forecast both on-air and online, we are Good4Utah!
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