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As winter weekend forecasts go, this one for Utah is not worth howling about. Well, unless you're a dog, then it might even (click here) a dismissive canine "blah."
Along the Wasatch Front, Saturday, like Friday, will dawn smoggy in the inversion-plagued valleys. Blah. Under partly cloudy skies in the afternoon, high temperatures might approach 40 degrees. Blah, blah. Overnight lows will dip into the upper-20s. Blah, blah, blah!
The Utah Division of Air Quality issued air action alerts for Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Box Elder and Cache counties into this weekend. DAQ graded those areas as having just "moderate" breathability, while urging reduced vehicular travel, a ban on open burning and use of solid fuel stoves and furnaces, and operating restrictions on industrial pollution sources.
With no appreciable storm activity expected until next Wednesday, the region's air quality is not expected to improve in the coming days. Blah!
But if you want to escape the urban valleys tainted air, you could trek to the mountains and ski resorts — or take a drive to the Uintas in eastern Utah, Moab further southeast, or southwestern Utah's Washington County.
Indeed, Utah's Dixie offers an awesome, rather than blahsome weekend. Partly cloudy skies in the mornings will turn sunny and clear horizons in the afternoons. High temperatures will be in the mid- to upper-50s; overnight lows in the low-30s.
Air quality? Washington, along with Carbon, Uintah and Duchesne counties, all carry "green," or health ratings through the weekend.
The Utah Avalanche Center's risk assessment was "low" for all state mountain areas on Friday, with the exception of the Uintas and Moab districts, which were "moderate."
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