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Show Mercury Eyes illew Try At Heat Mark Record-happy August, after a breather Tuesday, promised new attempts to shove the mercury above the loo degree mark Wedneaday or Thursday In Bait Lake City. On Tuesday the high downtown down-town was 93, and 94 at the airport. air-port. On Monday, the first day of the month, the high at both stations was B9. Clear weather for both days, with the heat ranging from M to 102 was forecast by the weatherman weather-man for the state. Nighttime temperatures are expected to reach 68 to S. Temperatures In the south and east portions of the state may be slightly alleviated with the expected arrival of thunderstorms In the mountains. . 1M la Dixie Utah's Dixie may expect the mercury to soar as high as 108, sometime In the two-day period. It reached 111 two waka tm Wednesdsy morning's weather map Indicated the asms stagnant situation which haa persisted over the Intermountain area for the past several weeks. Few stations reported any amount of rainfall. Salt Lake City was In Its 28th consecutive day without measureable precipitation. But this was a long way from a record. The city would have to go another SI days to set a new mark In this respect. SUfl Exeeaa Nevertheless, precipitation In the city remained In excess of normal nor-mal by 2.82 Inches since Oct 1. A total of 15.4 Inches has fallen In the period. The slight falling off m temperatures temper-atures on Tuesday resulted In a high in Ogden of 84, as compared with Mondays maximum of 101. Hourly temperatures at the Salt Lake municipal airport and atop the federal building, downtown, were as follows (the airport figures fig-ures are official): AleMlfj swVTMtaJtal 4:88ajn..... 88 M 8:80 a.u. .... 88 ' 8T 8:80 a.m. .... 87 88 1:e a-na. ,v. 78 7 8:80 a.m. .... 77 77 8:88 a-m. .... 84 88 10:80 a.m...., 81 88 11:88 a.m..... 88 0t 11:30 p.m. ... 88 88 1:88 PJn. ... 88 88 2:88 pja. ... 84 84 , 1 |