Windy Wednesday ahead of incoming cold front and isolated showers

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Happy Wednesday, Utah! We have southwest flow in place, and you expect breezy conditions today with daytime highs staying above average.

Temperatures, with the help of our warm wind, will climb into the upper 70s to near 80 for SW Utah. We will also add a few more clouds to the skies in Northern Utah into the afternoon, and you can’t rule out the chance of a pre-frontal shower near Cache Valley this evening. 

A cold front starts to move into Utah tonight and grazes northern Utah Thursday morning, bringing a chance for a few showers for areas along and north of I-80, especially into the overnight hour.

Right now, areas south of Utah county look to remain dry with this frontal passage. Most areas north of I-80 are looking at only around a 0.10″ of rain possible. Some locations closer to the Bear River Range could pick up near a 0.25″ but not expecting a big rain event with this one. While everyone won’t receive wet weather, we will notice a temperature dip back to average.

This passing cold front will also drop snow levels to about 7000 feet Thursday morning, and above 7500 feet you can expect some light accumulations. Anywhere from 1-4″ can be expected for the Northern mountains and Western Uinta’s. It’s not a lot of snow, but a dusting for our highest peaks.

High temperatures by Thursday and Friday will drop back to seasonal norms with the upper 50s for northern Utah with highs in the lower 70s for southern Utah. A couple of weak disturbances to our north may help to increase the clouds at times across the Wasatch Front Friday and into Saturday, but nothing significant is expected through the weekend. Highs will remain near 60° for northern Utah, and in the low to mid 70s for SW Utah.

High pressure will regain control into next week with a dry pattern at least through mid-month.  Right now, it looks we could eventually see active skies return with a wetter pattern for the second half of the month, which is a sharp contrast to October, which was the fifth wettest month ever recorded in Salt Lake City since record keeping began in 1874.

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