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Heat and an influx of monsoonal moisture comes to Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Happy Summer Solstice, Utah! It’s the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere today with the sun at its highest point in the sky. We will see 15 hours and six minutes of sunlight today with the official sunrise in Utah at 5:56 am and the sunset at 9:02 p.m. The solstice occurs at 2:50 p.m. and it’s going to feel a bit more like summer today in comparison to the beginning of the work week.
Southwest flow is in place today and our daytime highs will climb to the low 90s along the Wasatch Front and triple digits make a return to Washington County. A mix of sun and clouds is expected to start the day for Utah with increasing cloud cover expected in the Four Corners area by this afternoon.
Bottom Line? Temperatures are climbing statewide as a strong southwest flow is in place and moisture increases in eastern Utah on Thursday afternoon.
By Thursday night and into Friday, a surge of monsoon moisture is in the works for eastern Utah, bringing the threat of showers and thunderstorms. We have the low to our west and an area of high pressure to the east, and that amplified southerly flow will pull some subtropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into the state.
To take a moment to touch on the Tropics, the first named storm of the season, Tropical Storm Alberto, will usher in moisture in Texas and some of that will get caught up in our southwest flow. This influx in moisture east of I-15 could lead to flash flood concerns for slot canyons and burn scars. The flash flood potential has been upgraded already to the “possible” category for all recreational areas in southern Utah except for Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, with wet weather continuing for some overnight.
As more moisture streams into Utah on Friday, the potential for strong thunderstorms becomes more widespread. Subtropical remnants of Alberto could assist in heavy downpours. These Utah thunderstorms could bring damaging winds, hail, and heavy rainfall that could cause flash flooding.
The risk for flash flooding Friday has been upgraded for all popular areas in the Southeast part of the state to probably, with Zion and Bryce Canyon in the possible category. This area includes the National Parks, Grand Staircase, Lake Powell, and the San Rafael Swell. The most vulnerable areas include slot canyons, recent burn scars, normally dry washes, and slickrock. You might want to reconsider your plans if you’re planning outdoor activities, especially along or east of I-15. West of I-15, temperatures will soar, reaching five to 15 degrees above normal, especially in northern Utah.
Moisture should clear out into the weekend and high pressure will build back and strengthen for the latter half of the weekend, allowing temperatures to spike once again. Northern Utah could see temperatures 10-15 degrees above normal. Salt Lake City might hit 100 degrees on Sunday, and flirt with the record of 101 degrees record set in 2012.
Northern Utah will stay mostly dry with only a slight chance of a storm, but southern Utah will see lingering moisture, bringing chances of showers and thunderstorms through Monday east of I-15, increasing the risk of flash flooding. Triple-digit heat is forecast for the next seven days in Southern Utah, and temperatures along the Wasatch remain above average for the long-range as well.
The 4Warn Weather Team will continue to monitor conditions and keep you posted on changing conditions both on our 4Warn Weather app as well as on-air and online, we are Good4Utah!
ST. GEORGE, Utah (KUTV) — A jury returned a guilty verdict against a Chicago man accused of trafficking 25 pounds of cocaine through Utah with a firearm and cash.
Marcus Kentral Brown, 41, of Chicago, was found guilty on Tuesday of possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
A Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled Brown over in his Jeep Grand Cherokee on July 13, 2021. Brown reportedly said that he was traveling back to Chicago from California.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Utah said that, according to evidence presented at trial, the trooper conducted a consensual search of the vehicle and found 10 packages of cocaine (25 pounds worth) and a loaded Glock pistol in a hidden compartment in the rear cargo area. The trooper also found air fresheners and about $14,000 in cash.
Brown is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 28 in St. George.
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The state of Utah has revoked the license of a boarding school where socialite Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teen, saying the school “failed to provide applicable health and safety services for clients.” The state’s action, which took effect Monday, cites multiple noncompliance issues against the Provo Canyon School’s campus in Springville, reports the AP. The school has 15 days to request a hearing before the Department of Health & Human Services. The wide-ranging citations, which go back to 2025, include failing to increase staff-to-client ratios, engaging in unnecessary restraint and aggressive physical contact with a client, neglecting care, and not verifying employee information or submitting background checks for applicants in a timely manner.
“For more than fifty years, children came forward with stories of abuse, neglect, and trauma,” Hilton said in a statement provided Tuesday. “Today, the state confirmed what survivors have known all along: Provo Canyon School failed the children in its care. I was one of those children. I know what it feels like to cry for help and believe no one is coming. Today, children still inside that facility know someone is finally coming to protect them.” Hilton, the hotel heiress and media personality, spent almost a year at the school in the late 1990s. She alleges staff members beat her, watched her shower, fed her unknown pills, and locked her in solitary confinement without clothing.
Hilton, 45, called on Utah regulators to shut down the school. She has testified about her experiences there in Congress and state legislatures around the US, helping pass laws to protect teens in Utah and 15 other states. Utah has long played an outsized role in the troubled teen industry, a network of private, for-profit residential centers for children with behavioral issues. In June, Hilton returned to the school to speak in support of two families who filed lawsuits alleging their children were mistreated there. The school is under new ownership. The administration has said it can’t comment on anything that came before the change, including Hilton’s time there. Provo Canyon School did not immediately respond to an AP email seeking comment. The state said in its letter that all services at the campus must be terminated by Aug. 6.
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