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Utah's wet spring respite will extend through Thursday, with thunderstorms continuing to bring much-needed precipitation to the state's parched high deserts and forest lands.
The National Weather Service predicted Thursday's daytime high temperatures would range in the upper-60s, a few degrees cooler than an equally rainy Wednesday.
Southern Utahns, too, will need to watch the horizons for storm clouds. Both morning and afternoon showers were expected for Utah's Dixie on Thursday, mirroring Wednesday's forecast. High temperatures will still approach the mid- to upper-70s both days.
The Utah Division of Air Quality predicts "green," or healthy conditions for all monitoring stations into the end of the work week. Indeed, the storm activity was especially welcome along the Wasatch Front, where smoke from Siberian forest fires had degraded air quality in the urban valleys early Wednesday.
The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website pollen index as of Wednesday had mulberry and oak at "very high" levels, while cedar was "moderate" and other allergens "low."
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