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Courtesy of the Old Farmer's Almanac, here is northern Utah's weekend forecast:
"Sopping, and with no sign of stopping, either — then a breather. Warm again, storm again — what is the norm, again? It's fine, it's not, it's suddenly hot: Boom, crash, lightning flash!"
Meantime, the National Weather Service put a Wind Advisory in place for Salt Lake County and the western third of the state from noon to 10 p.m. Friday. Those winds, gusting to 45 mph at times, will usher in a fresh, spring storm system expected to bring rain showers, and in places thunder and lightning, to the region Saturday.
Sunday will be a drier day, then the precipitation rolls back in early next week.
High temperatures Saturday along the Wasatch Front were to dip into the mid- to upper-50s, down 25 degrees or so from Friday's daytime readings.
Southern Utahns also looked for windy weather going into this weekend, but little or no rain was forecast. Saturday's high temperatures were to hover in the mid-70s, down 10 or more degrees from Friday.
Be it wind or rain or both, all that atmospheric stirring does wonders for breathing conditions. The Utah Division of Air Quality rated all areas of the state as "green," or healthy on Saturday and beyond.
Not such good news, however, for allergy sufferers. As of Friday, the Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website reported that mulberry, ash, oak and cedar pollen levels were "very high," and sycamore "high."
For more extensive forecast information, visit The Salt Lake Tribune's weather page at: http//www.sltrib.com/weather/.
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