It’ll be a brief change of pace for the northern half of the state, with a small upper level disturbance moving through Thursday bringing some cooler temperatures and some much needed rain. Afternoon highs should be closer to their average for late July, upper 80s in the far north, low 90s down the Wasatch front, and roughly 105 down in St. George.

An overdue break from the heat for much of northern Utah is coming, with heat advisories Wednesday afternoon set to expire later that night.

Higher elevations will have peak temperatures in the upper 70s, low 80s with the tip of the Uintahs reaching 60 degrees. Across Utah, temperatures will be found in the 90s, low 100s.

We are in July and experiencing exceptionally high temperatures so stay hydrated and cool. Thunderstorms and microbursts are expected across central and southern Utah in the afternoon and evening.

Temperatures are cooking today. Northern and central Utah will have highs just over 100 degrees. The southernmost part of Utah will see the highest of highs.

The National Weather Service has issued major excessive heat warnings, red flag warnings, and heat advisories for most of Utah. This is a long duration heat wave.

Gusts will pick up just before noon around the I15 corridor with speeds in the teens. These gusts will remain throughout the rest of the day and slowly cover more of central and southern Utah.

With temperatures so high, the National Weather Service has put out a moderate excessive heat warning for eastern Utah and moderate excessive heat watch for parts of central and southern Utah.

We’ve got some beautiful weather on deck for this Independence Day, followed by a prolonged period of high pressure bringing lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures across the state.

For tonight though, northern Utah will continue to stay closer to normal temperatures for this time of year, as another dry, relatively weak cold front moves through the state.