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Salt Lake City, UT

Sunday, October 11

54°cloudy

Alerts · National Weather Service

Flood Watchuntil Mon 6 PM
Flood Watch issued October 11 at 6:42AM MDT until October 12 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT

Your day · tomorrow

Cool and areas of blowing dust start, mild by afternoon with storms, storms possible.

MORNING49–55°MIDDAY57–60°AFTERNOON59–61°EVENING53–59°↑ 7:36 AM↓ 6:51 PM
MORNING49–55°MIDDAY57–60°AFT'NOON59–61°EVENING53–59°↑ 7:36 AM↓ 6:51 PM
Morning
cool and areas of blowing dust
rain all morning
Midday
storms, mild
storms possible
Afternoon
storms, mild
storms possible
Evening
storms, mild
storms possible

Flood Watch holds through Monday evening

Salt Lake City is under a Flood Watch until 6 PM Monday as moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel feeds a slow-moving low; a Flood Advisory runs until 9:30 PM tonight for poor drainage areas near 9th South and 9th East. Tonight carries a 97% chance of showers and thunderstorms, with the wind advisory ending at 9 PM.

flood · alert · rachel

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The week ahead

Forecast changes since yesterday

Holding steady — no day's high or rain chance moved since yesterday's edition.

Next five days

MonTueWedThuFri
High61°52°55°61°66°
Low47°43°41°42°44°
Precip89%94%61%4%1%
Alerts

The week, as the models see it

Tuesday's high could land from 42° to 59° — the models span 42–59° on Tue, most near 51°.

Forecast high temperature (°F) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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40°60°80°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

82 model runs, colored by temperature  ·  middle of the pack  ·  official forecast

Sunday is the wettest: the models center on about an inch, most between 0.7 and 1.6, the wettest 2.1.

Rain by day (inches) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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0.5120SunMonTueWedThuFriSat▲ 2.1▲ 2.5INCHES

82 model runs, daily totals (dim = dry)  ·  middle 80%  ·  middle of the pack

Keeping score

The scorecard · this week

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No graded days yet this week.

Also worth knowing

About 1.5 in of rain likely through Wednesday

Most of the weather models land near an inch and a half of rain for Salt Lake City over the next three days, anywhere from about an inch to over 2 inches, with most falling Monday morning through early Wednesday. Heavy rain tracking over a population center could bring urban flooding, while gusts should stay modest, near 20 mph, with the strongest model near 40 mph.

rain · wind · flood
Rainfall, running total (inches) · next 3 days · a blend of models
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1 in2 in4 in01234Mon 12 AMMon 12 PMTue 12 AMTue 12 PMWed 12 AMWed 12 PMINCHES

median run, running total  ·  middle 80% of 82 runs  ·  threads = individual runs  ·  dashed = reference amounts

Tuesday's high could land from 42° to 59°

Tuesday's forecast high is 52°, but the models span 42° to 59° depending on how directly the cold upper low settles overhead and lowers snow levels. Accumulating snow could reach the Upper Cottonwoods above 8,000 feet.

cold · snow · uncertainty

Thursday should dry out with a 61° high

High pressure brings a warming, drying trend late week; Thursday's forecast high is 61° under mostly sunny skies with just a 4% rain chance.

dry · warming

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