Cooler temperatures and higher humidity helped firefighters in Utah make progress on wildfires Friday, including one that has been burning for 3 1/2 weeks and has scorched 27 square miles.
The time for progress is expiring. The National Weather Service says temperatures in Salt Lake City are to return to the mid-90s on Monday and remain there through Independence Day.
In St. George and the surrounding valleys, currently the epicenter of Utah’s wildfire season, the thermometer will go back to 103 Monday and remain near there Tuesday.
But fire managers were able to celebrate as they assessed their blazes Saturday morning.