Salt Lake City gets one more warm, mostly dry day Friday before a wet weekend moves in. Temperatures should reach near 62 degrees, but rain is likely after 5 p.m., followed by a soggy Saturday and a brief sunny break Sunday.
Conditions are mostly cloudy, with temperatures around 46 degrees. The National Weather Service forecasts increasing southerly winds Friday.
Rain Waits Until Friday Evening
Friday starts partly sunny, with only a slight chance of rain after 5 p.m.
Rain becomes widespread Friday night, with totals of a quarter to a half inch expected. The evening commute may stay manageable early on, but roads could turn slick as the rain settles in.
Saturday Brings The Soaking
Saturday looks like the wettest day of the weekend, with rain likely before 5 p.m., a high near 49 and a 100% chance of precipitation. Broader forecast storm totals range from 0.35 to 0.7 inches over the mountains and I-15 corridor and 0.25 to 0.7 inches elsewhere.
Mountain travelers should expect a sharper change in elevation-dependent conditions. A winter weather advisory is in effect for southern Utah mountains from 7 p.m. Friday through 11 a.m. Saturday, while higher terrain around the Wasatch and other mountain ranges could see several inches of snow.
Sunday Offers A Brief Reset
The storm exits late Saturday, leaving partly cloudy skies and a chilly low near 34 degrees Saturday night. Sunday then rebounds to mostly sunny conditions with a high near 55.
More Rain And Snow Arrive Next Week
Another round of rain is more likely Monday night into Tuesday. Tuesday’s high should reach around 50, while Tuesday night brings a chance for rain changing to rain and snow as temperatures fall into the mid-30s.
Additional precipitation remains possible around Tuesday and Wednesday. For Salt Lake City residents, the week ahead looks less like a single storm and more like a revolving door of wet weather, brief breaks and increasingly wintry mountain conditions.
