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Utah forecast: A cooler, wet entree to weekend along the Wasatch Front

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Breezy and wet weather ushers in a markedly cooler Saturday for Utah, but Sunday will see the return of warm and mild autumn conditions.

Driven by winds of 15-25 mph, a storm front targeted the Wasatch Front for afternoon showers. In its wake is a cold front, and that is what will drop temperatures in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys from mid-60s into the mid-50s on Saturday.

“Listen! The wind is rising,” English poet laureate Humbert Wolfe once wrote of such days. “The air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.