Dan Pope

Certified Broadcast & Consulting TV Meteorologist. I love weather & everything about it. I report on all things Meteorology, Astronomy, Geology & Geography.

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Inversion Diversion Coming
With a cold front due on Saturday, and some southerly winds coming Friday...valley ventilation will blow out the inversion. The Wasatch Mountains still look beautiful from the valley during a hazy day. But, look forward to better views coming on Friday. Then mountain snow and valley rain on Saturday. Another series of storms will settle into the region Tuesday and Wednesday. This will limit the time for any haze on Sunday and Monday. @weathercaster #utwx

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Hazy Days Go Away, Storms Come to Play

Th pattern is about to change to colder and wetter. It will be a process, with a storm Saturday, then the bigger and colder storms arrive Tuesday and Wednesday. @weathercaster #utwx

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The Inconvenient Truth of High Pressure During a Wasatch Front Winter

Beginning in the middle of November, and continuing until mid to late February, inversions take over the weather when high pressure pushes over the region. This is the first of possible several events this winter. However, because of the Super El Nino, I believe there will be more frequent storms and fewer inversion events than usual. @weatheraster #utwx

Video and Photos @Grallon (Scott Taylor)

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The Inconvenient Truth of High Pressure In a Wasatch Front Winter

Beginning in the middle of November, and continuing until mid to late February, inversions take over the weather when high pressure pushes over the region. This is the first of possible several events this winter. However, because of the Super El Nino, I believe there will be more frequent storms and fewer inversion events than usual. @weathercaster #utwx

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Sunny But Hazy, Big Change on The Horizon

Sunny and hazy until later in the week. A front will arrive with arain and a few thunderstorms Saturday. There will then be a lull in precipitation, before a much colder storm brings rain and mountain snow, with some snow to the valley floors by next Wednesday. @weathercaster #utwx

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Gorgeous Morning Sunrise Over the Salt Lake Valley

Sunrises are a touch earlier now, but that doesn't change how beautiful they are.

Photo & Video: @Grallon (Scott Taylor)

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A Collage of Color Colliding

The sunset this evening was spectacular, as it often is. From the East Bench, looking out over the Great Salt Lake, Oquirrhs and the West Desert. It was a plethora of delightful colors. @weathercaster #utwx

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Sunset Time at the South End of the Great Salt Lake

There’s a particular kind of quiet magnificence that arrives at the south end of the Great Salt Lake as the sun begins its descent. The light softens, the waters turn into mirrors, and the south face of the Oquirrh Mountains stands in calm silhouette against a sky that keeps changing its mind about which colors it wants to wear.

It’s the kind of moment that photographs and videos can only partially capture. The reflections in the shallow aquious, the last warm light sliding across the flats, the way everything seems to pause for a few minutes — those are real, and they’re worth seeing. But the full feeling of standing there while the day lets go is something you have to experience in person to really understand.

Here’s a small collection of sunset videos and photos from the liquified area, and the south side of the Oquirrhs. They’re an invitation more than a substitute — a reminder that some of the best light in the valley still happens just a short drive from town, over water that knows how to hold the sky. @weathercaster #utwx

Video & Photos: @Grallon (Scott Taylor)

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The Crescent Moon

This is from a couple of days ago, but it's beauty at sunset was incredible. @weathercaster #utwx

Photos: Scott Taylor

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A Change 'Pops-up' in The Extended Forecast

Clouds will move over the area tonight and tomorrow morning, otherwise, more of the same through Friday. Then the computer models change things up, and bring a storm in on Saturday...when it turns a little cooler. @weathercaster #utwx