After a short-lived snow storm at the beginning of the week, high pressure from cold, dry weather will bring inversions into valleys across the Wasatch Front.
Inversion conditions are expected to worsen by midweek and remain in place until at least the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
With the inversions, residents can expect deteriorating air quality and an increase of urban haze, the NWS says.
Air quality was predicted as good at green levels across the state Tuesday, according to the state Division of Air Quality. But on Wednesday, the air quality is expected to drop to moderate or yellow levels in Salt Lake, Davis, Utah, Weber, Box Elder and Cache counties.
The NWS issued a hazardous weather outlook for the western two-thirds of the state, warning of a possibility of patchy fog for the next week.
Salt Lake City is expected to be sunny on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the mid- to upper-30s and lows in the lower 20s overnight.
Southern Utah residents near St. George can also expect sunny conditions over the next three days with highs in the mid- to upper-50s. Lows will drop to about 30 degrees overnight Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Utah Avalanche Center said conditions for avalanches were considerable near Logan; moderate near Ogden, Salt Lake and the Uintas; and low near Provo.
For more detailed weather information, visit The Salt Lake Tribune’s weather page at www.sltrib.com/weather.
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