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Utah's midweek thunderstorms and rain make up a Jimi Hendrix-like forecast: "Rainy day, dream away. Ah, let the sun take a holiday."
The late rock guitar genius knew a lot about wet weather, and the Wasatch Front's coming cycle of morning, afternoon and evening showers Wednesday would seem a lot like a typical day in his hometown Seattle.
Northern Utah's storms will be broken by intermittent sunshine as daytime high temperatures rise in the mid-70s, Wednesday's forecast will echo the meteorological riff laid down by Ma Nature's air Stratocaster on Tuesday.
Southern Utahns looked for decreasing precipitation on Wednesday in the wake for a rainy, thunder-laden Tuesday. High temperatures were to range into the upper-80s both days.
The National Weather Service did not issue any official flash flood warnings, but forecasters noted midweek rainfall nonetheless could be locally heavy. Utahns should remain wary of slot canyons, normally dry washes and slopes recently denuded by wildfires as the clouds gather.
The Utah Division of Air Quality, giving the state another reason to take Jimi's advice to "Lay back and groove on a rainy day,"rated the entire state in the "green," or healthy category through the midweek period.
The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website listed chenopods and mold as "high," grass as "moderate" and other allergens "low" on the pollen index as of Tuesday.
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