SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Happy Tuesday, Utah! Today we will see more potentially record-setting temperatures, but a shift is coming for the second half of the week.
For most of the Beehive state, look for plenty of sunshine and more very warm temperatures. Our high temperatures will once again be about about 10-20° above average for this time of year! Highs will likely warm into the upper 70s to lower 80s across the Wasatch Front and upper 80s across SW Utah. The record high for SLC on Tuesday is 83°, so we will once again be on record watch for the afternoon hours.
Changes begin to develop ahead of our significant storm system on Wednesday as our southwesterly winds will pick up a good bit. A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for western Utah Wednesday afternoon and evening as dry air and gusty winds up to 35 mph — combined with dry vegetation — could make for some risky fire conditions across western Utah…