FXUS65 KFGZ 090317 CCA
AFDFGZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
820 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...EXPECT FAIR AND COLD WEATHER THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY IN 
THE WAKE OF THE MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION 
YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT. UNSETTLED WEATHER SHOULD RETURN FOR THE 
END OF THE WEEK.

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.DISCUSSION...EXPECTING SOME LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG FROM THE 
COCONINO PLATEAU AND MOGOLLON RIM...AND INTO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY 
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW 
TEMPS WERE LOWER TO INCLUDE SOME BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT 
ESPECIALLY IN THE SNOW COVERED BASINS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEXT 
AND DIGITAL FORECAST HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THESE RELATIVELY 
MINOR CHANGES. 

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.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION /330 PM MST/...SKIES HAVE BEGUN TO CLEAR ACROSS 
MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AS THE MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT AFFECTED THE 
REGION HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE STATE TODAY...WITH THE HEAVY SNOW 
HAVING ENDED AND THE GUSTY WINDS BECOMING LIGHTER. FAIR BUT COLD 
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY UNDER A DRYING 
WEST-NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. A SERIES OF RATHER WEAK IMPULSES MAY 
CAUSE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
SATURDAY...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A MORE SIGNIFICANT TROUGH APPEARS 
POSSIBLE FOR LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STAY TUNED AS THIS 
MAY LEAD TO A ROUND OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS.

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.AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z PACKAGE...VFR CONDITIONS FOR MOST AREAS FOR 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE EXCEPTION IS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE MOGOLLON 
RIM (INCLUDING KFLG) AND KAIBAB PLATEAU WHERE UPSLOPE STRATUS WITH 
MVFR CIGS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 09-12Z WEDS. AFT 18Z WEDS...SFC WINDS 
WEST SOUTHWEST 15-25 KT. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR 
AMENDMENTS. 

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.FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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PUBLIC......................TC/KD
AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER.......DL

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