Saturday’s forecast for northern Utah will look a lot like Friday’s, which was a mirror image of Thursday’s. Weatherwise, it’s beginning to look a lot like Groundhog Day.
The National Weather Service could have mailed this forecast in: Partly cloudy mornings giving way to sunny afternoons, daytime highs in the low-40s and overnight lows in the mid-20s.
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There may even be some metaphorical sightings of actor Bill Murray cuddling with Punxsutawney Phil in southern Utah, where the region’s weather loop consists of a forecast sunny days in the upper-50s and overnight temperatures in the 30s — again.
Look for more of the same through the weekend with no real changes expected until a mild storm system was expected to bring a dusting of snowfall to northern Utah on Monday.
The Department of Environmental Quality issued "green" or health air quality rankings for the entire state.
Meanwhile, the Utah Avalanche Center warned that the western Uintas carried an "orange" or considerable risk for dangerous snow slides, while the mountains near Ogden, Logan, Salt Lake City and Provo were graded "yellow" or at moderate risk for avalanches. Southeastern Utah’s Moab-area slopes were rated "green" or at low risk.
Salt Lake City’s high temperatures Friday and Saturday were pegged at 36 and 42 degrees, respectively; Ogden 35 and 41; Provo 41 and 45; Logan 33 and 38; Wendover 34 and 37; Duchesne 31 and 33; Cedar City 45 and 54; St. George 56 and 58; and Moab 44 and 46 degrees.
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