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

Salt Lake City, Utah Revisions MILEPOST 1415

Salt Lake City's forecast for Thursday has moved 15°F warmer

53°F in the 20261015T18:00Z run, 68°F in the 20261017T12:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 14°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 53.3°F in the 20261015T18:00Z cycle to 68.0°F in the 20261017T12:00Z — a move of +14.7°F across 8 runs.

The change is larger than the run's own 10th-to-90th percentile spread — the guidance did not merely narrow, it moved off its previous position.

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)
14.7 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 4
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
13.8 °F normal 14.7 °F
current run
Milepost
1415 · laid 2026-10-17T22:25:17Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261017T12:00Z
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
6a8e095e4083639414660b898cfc398b529b3ca3361523c46291ae184450b303
Machine
JSON