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Monday's mountain thunderstorms and cooling, scattered rain showers were to give way to clear, sunny skies and warmer weather along the Wasatch Front come Tuesday — a trend expected to continue through the midweek.

Maybe, with the official debut of autumn on Monday, Ma Nature just wanted to rinse off her umbrella. Or, channeling the late Marilyn Monroe, she is refuting the idea that fall is a second spring, declaring: "I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red autumn."

Northern Utahns might agree as they shook off the periodically wet, humid weather of Monday morning to welcome a sunny afternoon with clouds low on the horizon. High temperatures were in the mid- to upper-70s.

The region looked for mostly clear, bright skies and daytime readings in the low-80s on Tuesday.

Southern Utahns basked under sunny skies and temperatures in the upper-80s to low-90s, a forecast expected to be repeated on Tuesday.

The Utah Division of Air Quality forecast of "green," or healthy conditions for the entire state throughout the midweek.

The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website listed sagebrush as "very high," ragweed as "high," and grass and mold as "moderate" on its pollen index as of Monday.

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