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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Sunday, 4 October 2026

Salt Lake City, Utah Revisions MILEPOST 1283

Salt Lake City's forecast for Tuesday has moved 15°F colder

70°F in the 20261002T06:00Z run, 55°F in the 20261003T18:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 26°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Tuesday, October 13 at 18Z in Salt Lake City, that trail runs from 69.7°F in the 20261002T06:00Z cycle to 54.8°F in the 20261003T18:00Z — a move of -14.9°F across 8 runs.

The change is about half the run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread, so the earlier forecast is still inside the current range of outcomes.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Tuesday at 18Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-14.9 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 10
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
26.3 °F normal 14.9 °F
current run
Milepost
1283 · laid 2026-10-04T04:25:13Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261003T18:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
7419d159842b3f5c60f913fde4c060bbb59bf296790d6202a629369316a223ae
Machine
JSON