Cloudy to close the work week but warmer with a warming trend ahead in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Happy Friday, Utah! As we round out the workweek, a weak system will brush the Beehive State.

The bottom line? Today will bring quiet skies throughout most of the state with slightly warmer temperatures statewide.

For most, this will just mean a few more clouds than today, however, in central and southern Utah, mainly near I-70, a few pop-up showers look to be possible during the afternoon. Temperatures will begin a warming trend as most will see a high about five degrees warmer than this afternoon.

That will be good enough to see the Wasatch Front reach the low and mid-60s while Park City will get into the mid-50s. In southern Utah, we’ll see a few spots reach the 70s while some in southernmost Utah like St. George reaches the 80s yet again.

High pressure will build in as we go through the weekend resulting in calm skies sticking around while temperatures continue to warm. By Sunday we could be looking at highs in the mid-70s along the Wasatch Front, near 60 in Park City, and we could get close to 90 in St. George!

The above-average warmth and mostly quiet pattern looks to persist through the first half of next week with some subtle changes before bigger changes could arrive by the end of next week.

The beautiful spring weather comes with a cost for allergy sufferers. Pollen counts are in the extreme category this week with the main culprit being tree pollen, and any tiny bit of wind easily spreads those pollens. We don’t have a chance of wet weather, which would suppress pollen impacts, until late next week.

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