01-06-2025
Record-challenging heat gives way to unsettled weather Sunday night through Tuesday
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Happy Sunday, Utah! It's another sizzler of a day with record-challenging heat in the north.
Northern and central Utah will run a few degrees warmer than yesterday while the south cools a few degrees. Sunday's highs will climb into the low and mid 90s for northern and central parts of the state, 80s in high terrain and southern valleys, and upper 90s to low 100s for the hottest spots in southern and eastern Utah. A few places could very easily get into record territory, Salt Lake City is forecasted to hit 95° which would break the 2020 record by a single degree.
We'll have a mix of sun and clouds today with high-based thunderstorms popping up in the southern mountains around lunchtime. By the evening, more moisture pushes into the state bringing spotty showers to the West Desert and possibly the northern mountains. There's a chance that St. George and the Wasatch Front see an evening thunderstorm, but with a dry layer of air near the surface, much of it will evaporate before reaching the ground making for gusty winds at times.
Monday has the highest chance of wet weather across the state, but southern and eastern Utah will be favored. On Monday morning we'll see showers on the Wasatch Front and we could see them bubble up again with the heat of the day, but by then most of the moisture will centered over eastern and southwest Utah. Monday also knocks temperatures back into the 70s for most of us and low to mid 80s for the warmest areas.
Another low pressure system is hot on this system's heels, so that'll keep showers locked into the south through Tuesday, possibly Wednesday. After that we start warming back up, reaching the 90s in St. George and 80s for most valleys by the latter half of the workweek.
We'll keep you posted on the latest updates in our 4Warn Weather both on-air and online, we are Good4Utah!
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