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Yes, it's hot, Utah. But it could be worse, say the Deep South, where a hot day can feel like "it is about 993 degrees out here," according to heat-crazed motivational speaker E. Cornell.
"Ain't no birds flying, ain't no people walking," his recent viral social media posting declares. "Hot wings on the ground, where it was a chicken that just cooked. Hot wings on the ground!"
There might not be any sizzling comfort food on the sidewalks of the Wasatch Front come Friday, but there will be clear, sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid-90s — a few degrees warmer than an already toasty Thursday forecast for northern Utahns.
However, frying eggs — if not the tangy, basted parts of the hens that lay them — might be spotted on streets in southern Utah as the work week draws to a close. The National Weather Service says the mercury will easily top 100 degrees on both Thursday and Friday in Utah's Dixie, though some cooling thunderstorms could be on the horizon come Friday night.
The Utah Division of Air Quality rated Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Tooele, Uintah and Washington counties as "yellow," or compromised heading toward the weekend, with the remainder of the state's monitoring stations in the "green," or healthy zone.
The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website rated mold as "very high"and chenopods "high" on its pollen index as of Thursday, while other allergens were "low."
For more extensive forecast information, visit the Tribune's weather page at http://www.sltrib.com/weather.
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