National Weather Service puts much of Utah on heat watch, starting Wednesday
Jul 8, 2024, 5:00 AM | Updated: Jul 10, 2024, 2:33 pm
A view of the state Capitol and the Salt Lake City skyline. Ozone pollution and smoke from the wildfires in Canada and California are behind degraded air quality in Utah on Friday, Aug. 2. (Deseret News)
(Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — A “long duration of heat” is on the way, the National Weather Service said.
Starting Wednesday, June 10, certain areas in Utah will be on an Excessive Heat Watch, which will end Friday.
Areas under this heat watch will include most of western Utah.
(National Weather Service via X)
“As high pressure builds, the extreme heat will spread northward, with dangerous heat possible for most valleys across UT for the middle to latter part of the week,” the NWS said via X.
