Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-01-27 | Page 15 | Mercury Rise on Tap for Tonight, Saturday

Mercury Rise on Tap Fo For Tonight Saturday High barometric pressures prevailed prevailed pre pre- ailed over Utah Friday forestalling forestalling forestalling forestall forestall- ing expected light snows and lifting lifting lifting lift lift- ing ing- the thermometer out of its zero near-zero meander meanderings Rising temperatures are on tap tan for Salt Lake City and most of If f Utah Friday night and Saturday was sas the cheery word of the erman Minimum in Salt Lake City and vicinity Friday night will be only 25 degrees rees and a high hig-h of 40 is expected for Cor Saturday afternoon after after- noon Skies will be cloudy Friday and Saturday over most of oC northern and western Utah and only partly cloudy in the southeast portion Above normal temperatures are expected for the next five days in inthe inthe inthe the Salt Lake region however howee according Ao the weather bureau forecast Strong gusts of wind early carly Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- Fri Fri- day made touring conditions Unfavorable unfavorable unfavorable un un- favorable at Alta Alla according to the Wasatch national forest dispatcher dispatch dispatch- er Cr However all other skiing skiing- is excellent on a total depth of 76 inches of snow Surface is old powder and ski Brighton area reports excellent skiing with winds up to 7 mph Total depth of snow is 65 inches and the surface is ski packed old powder All roads to both resorts are open but chains are advised Hourly temperatures recorded in Salt Lake City and vicinity Friday are Downtown Airport 1230 am nm 2 21 1 21 2 30 am a.m. 21 23 nm am 25 21 24 am Rm 2 25 30 am a.m. 27 26 20 am a.m. 28 27 am nm 26 28 23 am a.m. 27 26 nm am 20 29 27 am a.m. 31 28 1030 am a.m. 33 32 11 1130 30 am a.m. 35 31 12 1230 30 pm p.m. 35 33 1 30 pm p.m. 36 36 31