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

Salt Lake City, Utah Revisions MILEPOST 1286

Salt Lake City's forecast for Wednesday has moved 14°F colder

72°F in the 20261002T12:00Z run, 57°F in the 20261004T00:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 23°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Wednesday, October 14 at 00Z in Salt Lake City, that trail runs from 71.6°F in the 20261002T12:00Z cycle to 57.1°F in the 20261004T00:00Z — a move of -14.5°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 Wednesday at 00Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-14.5 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 10
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
22.6 °F normal 14.5 °F
current run
Milepost
1286 · laid 2026-10-04T10:25:12Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261004T00:00Z
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
c1dede6a54e7e1cce49c94282d83c9eb5226681714d552ee4d45f70c41be22ed
Machine
JSON