- Utah faces high temperatures reaching 100 degrees during the day and 80 degrees at night.
- Meteorologist Sam Webber warns of heat impacts and advises heat safety measures.
- Rocky Mountain Power’s Jonathan Whitesides discusses potential power outages amid extreme temperatures.
SALT LAKE CITY — Temperatures in Utah are expected to skyrocket through the week, reaching at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and low 80s at night, right as a heat dome begins affecting the Central United States.
Sam Webber, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office, said heat advisories issued on Sunday were in response to an area of high pressure affecting Utah.
“We have an area of high pressure, pretty broad over the Four Corners region of the United States right now,” he said, adding that most of the heat is coming from the desert southwest as winds blow a lot of heat towards the state…