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There are lots of a reasons to feel cold: diabetes or an iron, thyroid or vitamin B12 deficiency. You might be plagued with poor circulation, dehydrated, just plain skinny — or old.

"To be old is to be cold," the ancient Roman poet Virgil wrote. Maybe so, but the real reason northern Utahns were shivering at the midweek had more to do with post-snowstorm wind chill.

Tuesday along the Wasatch Front dawned in the mid- to upper-20s, but winds of 10-20 mph made that feel more like the low- to mid-teens. Wednesday's pre-dawn temperatures will be in the same range, and with the same chilly breezes penetrating to the bone.

More than two millennia after Virgil's grumpy observance, American novelist Paul Theroux had this to say on the subject: "One thing about cold weather: it brings out the statistician in everyone."

Certainly, that is the case with the National Weather Service. Early Tuesday morning, meteorologists noted, Silver Lake reported 8 degrees below zero, and Alta came in at minus-2. Roosevelt was at zero, as was Park City; Eden shuddered at 4 degrees, Laketown 5 and Randolph 7, and Altamont 9 degrees.

Daytime highs Wednesday in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys will be mid- to upper-30s under partly cloudy skies, same as Tuesday's forecast. Thursday will see warming of a 5-10 degrees in the afternoons, though lows will remain in the 20s.

However, southern Utahns got by with light jackets. Wednesday's highs in Utah's Dixie will be in the upper-50s, same as Tuesday's forecast. Thursday will see the mid-60s in the redrocks and high deserts of the south.

The Utah Division of Air Quality awarded "green," or healthy grades statewide through Wednesday, as the region's air continued to benefit from recent rain and snow.

Still, the Utah Avalanche Center cautioned that "considerable" risks for potentially deadly backcountry mountain snowslides were in place Tuesday for the mountains above Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo, and in the Uintas and Skyline districts. Only the Moab and Abajo ranges were rated at "moderate" avalanche risk.

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

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