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Ah, Autumn. It's that time of year when Ma Nature is meteorologically menopausal, basking Utahns in sunshine and heat one day, and cold, wet and even snowy weather the next.
That's right: Snow. The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday night predicted snow for mountain elevations of 7,000 feet and above. Wednesday's high temperatures, in the upper-80s just last week, were to dip into mid- to upper-50s amid thunderstorms and rain showers along the Wasatch Front.
Still, the precipitation was not expected to approach the record-setting rainfall of the past weekend, which flooded dozens of homes in Cache and Carbon counties and collapsed a bridge over the Paria River in Garfield County.
Cleanup and damage assessments in those areas were well underway as the midweek approached. Meanwhile sufficient repairs had been made to reopen the road over the Paria River to restore traffic to the popular Kodachrome Basin State Park, which was reopened at noon Tuesday.
In the southwest Salt Lake County community of Herriman, city officials reported "minimal" residential flooding, but were issuing sandbags to homeowners late Monday and early Tuesday for use in diverting neighborhood runoff from recent heavy rains.
On Tuesday, city crews and volunteers focused on clearing storm drains, pumping standing water and shoring up a sandbag barrier along 6000 West.
Overnight lows, after Tuesday highs in the low- to mid-60s, were to retreat into low- to mid-40s in the predawn hours Wednesday.
Southern Utahns, however, were forecast to enjoy clear, sunny skies with highs in the upper-70s to low-80s both days.
The Utah Division of Air Quality rated the entire state at "green," or healthy breathing conditions threough the midweek.
The Intermountain Allergy & Asthma website listed only sagebrush as "very high," on its pollen index as of Tuesday, while mold was "moderate."
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