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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Saturday, 17 October 2026

Salt Lake City, Utah Revisions MILEPOST 1412

Salt Lake City's forecast for Thursday has moved 16°F warmer

52°F in the 20261015T12:00Z run, 67°F in the 20261017T06:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 21°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Thursday, October 22 at 21Z in Salt Lake City, that trail runs from 51.9°F in the 20261015T12:00Z cycle to 67.4°F in the 20261017T06:00Z — a move of +15.5°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 Thursday at 21Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
15.5 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 3
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
20.9 °F normal 15.5 °F
current run
Milepost
1412 · laid 2026-10-17T16:25:18Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261017T06:00Z
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
ad0328c6b0fbb50c9b683bb5fae50d34a92b3e1b6825e048b8a604036cc6e352
Machine
JSON