Increasing showers and thunderstorms over northern Utah Wednesday afternoon

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Happy Wednesday, Utah! We’re seeing cloudy skies over the northern half of the state as moist southwest flow is in place.

Active weather will pick up into the afternoon and evening as a weak trough will move through the region, expect isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms to form up north while southern Utah will remain dry.

This pattern will largely remain in place for our Thursday with the large-scale weather pattern holding on to southwest flow into Utah.  The higher terrain has the best chance for thunderstorm development, but some of those could hold and roll into adjacent valleys in Northern Utah.  Temperatures remain roughly 5-10 degrees above seasonal averages throughout the week. 

Another approaching trough for the end of the week will increase southerly flow, limiting some of the moisture potential into the weekend. It will also keep temperatures above average statewide into the weekend.

The trough inches closer to the state into the weekend, which means that winds really pick up Friday and Saturday, and that brings blowing dust potential and warmer conditions along the Wasatch Front. Expect low to mid-70s through Saturday in the northern half of the state, with 80s turning to 70s in St. George as we hit the weekend. 

After warm and windy conditions Friday and Saturday, we will see increasing cloud cover and a passing front begin to knock down temps a few degrees by Saturday evening. We could also see some scattered wet weather Sunday and into next week, but we’re fine-tuning those details. Stay tuned!

We’ll keep you updated in our 4Warn Weather Forecast both on-air and online, we are Good4Utah!