The Storm Prediction Center is giving northern Utah a little love, putting us in the marginal risk category for severe thunderstorms for today and tonight.
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Source: SPC |
The impetus for this is the expected late-day increase in thunderstorms near and along the cold front, combined with a deep boundary layer and strong low-level flow that could allow some storms to organize and produce strong to severe wind gusts and hail. These storm-environment characteristics show up fairly well in the NAM sounding for 2300 UTC (5 PM MDT) this afternoon.

A marginal risk means that these severe storms would be limited in organization and longevity, or low in coverage and marginal in intensity. Thus, not everyone will see a severe storm, but you should keep an eye on the weather.
After being breezy all day I thought the storms weren't going to happen - until they finally got organized around 7:30pm.
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