FREEZE WARNING Issue Date: 806 PM MST FRI DEC 04 2009 Expiration: 900 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM MST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM MST
SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES ARE
FORECAST.
* TIMING...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED BY 1 OR 2 AM
AND WILL PERSIST AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNRISE.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
EASTERN PIMA AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTIES. MOST LOCATIONS CAN
EXPECT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BUT
LOCALIZED OUTLYING AREAS AND NEAR WASHES WILL BE COLDER WITH A
LOCALIZED HARD FREEZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS WIDESPREAD FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE
CROPS AND VEGETATION. COVER THEM...IF POSSIBLE...WITH CLOTH
SHEETS OR BLANKETS TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING.
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$$ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 259 PM MST FRI DEC 04 2009 Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009 /159 PM PST FRI DEC 4 2009/
...COLD AND DRY WEATHER TONIGHT...WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION EARLY NEXT WEEK...
COLD WEATHER TONIGHT...
A COLD AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER
DESERTS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO UPPER
30S ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY
MORNING INCLUDE 36 AT PHOENIX...34 AT IMPERIAL...BLYTHE AND GILA
BEND...AND 28 AT COOLIDGE. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST
SHORT OF FREEZE WARNING CRITERIA.
UNSETTLED WEATHER NEXT WEEK...
A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS STILL EXPECTED TO
OCCUR EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO THE
WESTERN STATES...WITH CONSIDERABLE PACIFIC MOISTURE DIRECTED INTO
THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS...POSSIBLY
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN AREAS OF NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY.
THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACTIVE OVER THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES
SHOULD ALSO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL.
STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO
ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ON THE INTERNET AT
WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
$$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 207 PM MST FRI DEC 04 2009 Expiration: 500 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009 Expires:200912051200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
205 PM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
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SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-
205 PM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH A LIGHT FREEZE WAS OBSERVED IN A FEW SPOTS EARLY THIS
MORNING...A MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZE CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THUS...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN
POSTED FOR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE GREATER TUCSON AREA
AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE ANTICIPATED MONDAY AND TUESDAY...ALONG WITH
SOME VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.
WET AND WINDY WEATHER MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY BUT THE TIMING OF
EACH WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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