Postcards from Heaven and Hell

Looking west from Alta's High Traverse

Looking west from midway down Little Cottonwood Canyon

Downtown Salt Lake City

Gorgeous weather today in the mountains with sunshine and clear air to fill the nostrils and lungs.  It is too bad the same can't be said for the Wasatch Front which is once again mired in air pollution.  It looks like both Salt Lake and Utah counties are once again eclipsing the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for PM2.5.

Source: Utah Division of Air Quality

An interesting aspect of this event is the decline in temperatures over the past three days.  At the Salt Lake Airport, we hit 46ºF on Friday, but only 35ºF yesterday and we haven't been able to get above 28ºF so far today.

Source: MesoWest

The airport have also seen thick fog throughout the day with some occasional light snow.  It must seem like a different world down there compared to the east bench where it is several degrees warmer and one can at least see the sun through the smog.