[PHX-Skywarn] [Fwd: NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION]

[Allen Sklar]

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> SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
> 730 PM MST SUN MAR 17 2002
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> ...A BRIEF RETURN TO WINTRY-TYPE WEATHER ON MONDAY...
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> A FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRIEFLY INTERRUPT THE
> BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN WHICH SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
> CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ENJOYING LATELY. THIS PACIFIC WEATHER
> DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. IT WILL BRING
> BREEZY AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA MONDAY...ALONG WITH
> THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL
> DESERTS OF ARIZONA. ALTHOUGH THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
> ANY HEAVY RAINFALL ...AMOUNTS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE
> FROM ABOUT MARICOPA COUNTY EAST...ESPECIALLY IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS
> DEVELOP.
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> IT WILL ALSO FEEL QUITE BLUSTERY ON MONDAY...WITH THE SHOWERS BEING
> ACCOMPANIED BY DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S TO UPPER 60S
> AND WIND IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE. IN FACT...WINDS THIS EVENING
> HAVE ALREADY INCREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 40
> MPH  OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNINA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.
> AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS AS THESE
> GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
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> IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...THERE WILL BE A
> CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT...BUT WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
> THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME WET SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
> SOUTHERN GILA AND FAR NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTIES MONDAY AS
> WELL...WITH ANY ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE 5000
> FEET.
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> THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE EAST MONDAY NIGHT
> ...WITH A RETURN TO WARMER AND SUNNIER WEATHER EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.
> DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AFTER MIDWEEK WILL BE TOPPING OUT IN THE 80S
> ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS.
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> PERSONS PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON MONDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED
> FOR THIS TURN TO WINDY...COOLER AND WET WEATHER. MOTORISTS DRIVING
> UP INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA SHOULD ALSO PREPARE FOR
> THE POSSIBILITY OF ENCOUNTERING SNOWPACKED AND SLIPPERY ROADS.
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> DKS
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