The National Weather Service Salt Lake City issued an area forecast discussion indicating that scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms would continue through the night and into Saturday morning. Coverage for these storms was expected to increase during the afternoon and evening hours.
According to the notice, the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms over northern portions of the area was expected to increase on Saturday afternoon. The primary threats identified were strong winds and hail. There was a Slight Risk for severe weather across northern Utah, while a Marginal Risk of excessive rainfall existed for the entire forecast area due to potential for training storms and widespread convection.
The threat of flash flooding was noted as elevated across the area on Saturday. While northwest Utah was expected to see decreasing convection by Sunday afternoon, scattered convection was forecast to continue in the south and east, maintaining the potential for locally strong storms and flash flooding.
An active weather pattern was expected to continue through at least the first half of the following week. This pattern was expected to lead to cooler and largely below normal temperatures through at least the middle of the next week.
