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You know, Ma Nature can be cruel. First, she grinds in the Monday, beginning-of-the-workweek blues with warm, mocking sunshine. And on Tuesday? Thunderstorms and rain showers, Utah.
It's a Rodney Dangerfieldesque forecast for the Wasatch Front. No respect. No respect at all. Monday's forecast brought high temperatures in the low- to mid-70s, but Tuesday, crushing any hopes for an encore, will be 10 degrees cooler and wet.
And talk about a crazy meteorological diagnosis, northern Utahns seeing the forecast for the southern half of the state may feel like the guy asking his psychiatrist for a second opinion — and being told, "All right. You're ugly too!"
Utah's Dixie will see sunny skies clouding up a bit, but daytime highs will be in a balmy low- to mid-80s.
The Utah Division of Air Quality hoisted its "green" or healthy air quality banners statewide extending into the midweek.
Mold was at "moderate"levels as of Monday on the Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website's pollen index, but all other allergens were either very low or too low to register at all.
To learn more about the forecast in detail, visit the Tribune's weather page at sltrib.com/weather.
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