Sunshine and warm temperatures hang tough through the end of the week

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Happy Thursday, Utah! We’re tracking mostly clear skies and above average temperatures to wrap up the work week. A deep trough of low pressure will swing overhead Friday afternoon into the weekend bringing much cooler weather and a good chance for more scattered showers & storms. Friday should start off mostly dry across the state but increase showers & storms first for the Wasatch Back, then spreading along the I-15 corridor Friday evening. This activity will likely impact those high school football games, along with the big BYU game in Provo Friday night. Be sure to grab the ponchos for any of your outside plans. High temperatures on Friday will warm back into the upper 70s to near 80 along the Wasatch Front. Highs will be in the mid 80s for SW Utah. This weekend brings much cooler air to the Beehive state. Highs will only be in the low to mid 60s for northern Utah, and upper 70s for SW Utah. The mountains of Utah will likely see morning temps in the low to mid 30s with highs only in the 40s and 50s.

Due to the strong system dropping into the area, scattered showers will become more widespread late Friday night into Saturday morning, especially over the higher elevations into Saturday. For some of the higher elevations above about 9,000 FT, we could see some snow falling with some minor accumulations possible.

The drier air arrives later Saturday into Sunday leading to a nicer second half of the weekend. The beginning of next week looks to keep the cooler airmass in place across the area.

We’ll keep you posted on the latest developments in our 4Warn Weather forecast both on-air and online, we are Good4Utah!