[PHX-Skywarn] NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION

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THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX MAIL SERVER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
543 PM MST SAT NOV 23 2002

...COOLER AND SHOWERY WINTER TYPE WEATHER EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...

A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES BEGINNING MONDAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK.  FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...AND SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...ONE RELATIVELY DRY SYSTEM WILL PASS
LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...PROVIDING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON
THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS.

HOWEVER A MUCH LARGER AND STRONGER SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...PROVIDING A GREATER
CHANCE FOR DESERT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

THE BRUNT OF THE WEATHER ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA APPEARS TO BE THANKSGIVING DAY...AS INCREASING MOISTURE AND
COLDER AIR GATHER OVER THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
DROP TO NEAR 5500 FEET THANKSGIVING DAY...WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVIER
SNOWFALL OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA MOUNTAINS.

THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND
THANKSGIVING DAY...ARE URGED TO MONITOR LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES
CONCERNING THIS EVOLVING WEATHER SYSTEM.

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