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If you want a glimpse at what Utah's summer will bring, this midweek's forecast could be a preview of coming weather attractions.
Wednesday will bring high in mid-80s to the Wasatch Front and upper-90s to southern Utah's redrocks and high deserts will approach triple digits — in both cases about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year.
Get used to the warmer-than-average temperatures, as well as a bit more moisture than normal for Utah through the coming summer months.
The National Weather Service's Summer 2017 Outlook predicts temperatures for the June-July-August period will continue to be above normal, particularly in southern Utah; precipitation also is expected to meet or moderately surpass normal values.
That will be then; let's get back to now. After Tuesday's highs hovering around 80 under partly cloudy skies, the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys will have sunnier conditions, afternoon breezes of 10-20 mph, and highs 5-7 degrees warmer.
Thunderstorms will move into the region late Wednesday night and continue off-and-on through Thursday, when highs will retreat to the low-70s.
Southern Utahns looked for upper-90s Wednesday — up 3-5 degrees from Tuesday — with 15-25 mph winds and gusts of 30 mph or more. Thursday, with some building cloud cover, will cool a bit into the low-90s in Utah's Dixie.
Particulate pollution continues to degrade the air Utahns breath, with the Utah Division of Air Quality giving "green," or healthy grades through the midweek only to Cache County. The remainder of the state is under a "yellow," or moderate category ranking.
The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website rated mulberry as "high" on its pollen index as of Tuesday, but other allergens remained at "low," or below the scale.
For more extensive forecast information visit the Tribune's weather page at http://www.sltrib.com/news/weather/.
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