‘Blooper’ storms slated to hit Utah, keeping inversion away through the weekend
Dec 12, 2024, 6:00 PM
A plow clears the streets of Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. (Laura Seitz/Deseret News)
(Laura Seitz/Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — After a dry spell plagued northern Utah with an ugly smog for nearly 10 days, a new “parade” of storms coming out of the West Coast is expected to keep the inversion away in the Beehive State through the weekend.
According to KSL meteorologist Matthew Johnson, the storms will be quite small, with the first expected to hit the state Thursday night.
“As it works into the Great Basin and Intermountain West, it’s going to be losing steam; a decaying small storm,” Johnson said.
Ahead of the first storm, Thursday’s skies would see mostly cloud cover, with a high temperature forecasted nearly 10 degrees above normal for the time of year in the Wasatch Front at 47 degrees, and a low of 29.
Spotty snow showers could move into the mountains as early as 10 or 11 p.m. in central parts of the state, Johnson projected.
By Friday morning, commuters could see snow falling around 8 a.m. However, the precipitation is expected to be minimal with northern mountains seeing the most.
“Yeah this is really nothing special — two to six inches is really the most we can squeeze out of this thing,” Johnson said.
Still on track for a blooper storm tonight – Friday AM. This system is decaying as it moves in so very meager amounts of moisture with this thing. Another small storm slated for Sunday, could have a little more water with it… #utwx pic.twitter.com/K6UBPLg70g
— Matthew Johnson (@KSL_Matt) December 12, 2024
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