December 3
Special Weather Statement issued for our area...
Issued by The National Weather Service
Phoenix, AZ
4:37 am PST, Thu., Dec. 3, 2009
... VERY COLD AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANGE TO MUCH WETTER WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE ROCKIES WILL USHER IN COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY NIGHT... THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY AND COOLER AIR ALONG WITH LIGHT WIND WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO LOWER INTO THE 30S... OR EVEN BELOW FREEZING... OVER MUCH OF THE ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA DESERT. SOME FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY MORNING INCLUDE 37 AT PHOENIX... 32 AT IMPERIAL... 31 AT GILA BEND... AND 29 AT BOTH CASA GRANDE AND BLYTHE.
AT THIS TIME... FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLIGHTLY SHORT OF FREEZE WARNING CRITERIA. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS WILL BE BORDERLINE AND DESERT DWELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD A FREEZE WARNING EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED.
THE VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL SOON BE REPLACED BY A MUCH MORE HUMID ONE... AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEGINS TO SPREAD SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND ACROSS ARIZONA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE LOWER DESERT... AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF PHOENIX. AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN APPEAR TO BE MONDAY NIGHT... AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX.
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK... AND HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS DURING THAT TIME.
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
We can expect a super cold Friday ahead...
Today was a cold start...with a temperature of 40 degrees.
Today is expected to reach into the mid 70's.
Tonight expect the low to dip down to the 30's.