A ridge of high pressure settles to our south on Thursday, bringing the return of breezy conditions. Critical to dangerous fire weather conditions will build across the Beehive state through the weekend.

High pressure and low pressure will work together to bring gusty southerly winds to the state through Thursday. The wind and dry air will lead to a critical fire threat this week.

Sunny, warm weekend — low 80s today and about 88 on Memorial Day. Isolated mountain storms Saturday; watch for gusty winds next week.

The bottom line: Dry conditions and gusty winds continue the fire danger through Friday. A cut-off low pressure moves into Utah on Friday bringing the return of scattered showers and storms into Saturday.

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Any storm that pops could bring brief heavy rain, lightning, and sudden gusty winds. If you are heading to the canyons for an afternoon hike, you will want to be off exposed ridgelines if clouds start stacking up overhead.