FXUS65 KTWC 151623
AFDTWC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
923 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2009

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS WITH 
ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

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.DISCUSSION...THE DENSE FOG THAT FORMED EARLIER THIS MORNING IN 
COCHISE AND GRAHAM COUNTIES CONTINUES TO ERODE AWAY. FIRST VISIBLE 
PICTURES COMING IN AND SHOWS ONLY POCKETS OF DENSE FOG...ESPECIALLY 
EAST OF WILLCOX ALONG I-10 VIA IMAGERY AND ADOT CAMERA NEAR SAN 
SIMON. OTHERWISE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A CLEAR SKY OVER THE AREA 
WITH SOME THIN CIRRUS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SHOULD THIS 
OVERSPREAD THE AREA BUT STILL LOOKING AT A SUNNY DAY. UPPER AIR 
PLOTS SHOWED THAT YESTERDAYS TROF WAS TO OUR EAST WITH UPPER HIGH 
OFF TO OUR WEST...WHICH WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TODAY. THUS EXPECT 
MUCH WARMER TODAY VERSUS MONDAY.

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.AVIATION...NO PROBLEMS AT THE TERMINAL SITES AS THE FOG HAS LIFTED 
AT KDUG. OTHERWISE THE SKY WILL BE CLEAR THIS MORNING WITH THIN 
CIRRUS SPREADING IN FROM THE WEST. SURFACE WINDS MOSTLY LESS THAN 12 
KTS INTO TODAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.

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.FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.
 
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.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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