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Utah's midweek forecast is the kind of wet, late September worthy of Frank Sinatra's melancholy baritone, the up-tempo, burnished contralto of Sarah Vaughn, and even the rich, weighty range of Annie Lennox.
Sunshine will fade away "like a dying ember" as the "raindrops . . . play our sweet refrain," as they sang in "September in the Rain." Wednesday along the Wasatch Front dawned sunny, but after reaching the low-80s was to give way to evening thunderstorms and rain showers.
The same conditions, albeit a few degrees cooler, prevail on Thursday before giving way to partly cloudy skies and the upper-70s on Friday.
Southern Utahns saw the arrival of monsoonal moisture earlier than their northern cousins. Wednesday morning came with partly cloudy skies and isolated showers, and by Wednesday afternoon and evening, thunderstorms and more rain were to increase.
Highs were to range into the mid-80s the remainder of the work week, even as wet weather returns on Thursday and Friday to Utah's Dixie.
The Utah Division of Air Quality, always a fan of storm clouds and rain, awarded "green," or healthy ratings statewide through Friday.
The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website reported that sagebrush was "very high" and mold "high" on its pollen index as of Wednesday, but other allergens were no-shows.
For more extensive forecast information, visit The Salt Lake Tribune's weather page at: http//www.sltrib.com/weather/.
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