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Northern Utah's crazy, mild winter weather — which produced record-high temperatures on Tuesday — was to continue through the midweek.

After Salt Lake City registered a 58-degree mark Tuesday to break the previous 1998 record of 55, the state capital's forecast called for a retreat into the upper-40s on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Along with the relatively balmy temperatures — at least for what typically is the depth of winter for the Wasatch Front — came the rain. That precipitation, turning to snow in the higher elevations, scoured the region's inversion-plagued valleys of pollution.

The Utah Division of Air Quality predicted "green," or healthy breathing statewide come Thursday.

The scattered rain showers, which ushered in dawn Wednesday, were to continue in the afternoon and offer a wet encore late Thursday throughout northern Utah.

The rainfall was expected to hold off in southern Utah on Wednesday, with highs in the low- to mid-60s. However, by Thursday evening, Utah's Dixie expected the arrival of more wet weather. Highs Thursday again were to range into the 60s.

The Utah Avalanche Center's risk assessment was "considerable" for the mountains above Logan, while the Ogden and Moab districts were rated "moderate" and the backcountry slopes near Salt Lake and Provo and in the Uintas earned "low" avalanche risk grades.

For more extensive forecast information, visit the Tribune's weather page at http://www.sltrib.com/weather.

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