[PHX-Skywarn] PHXSPSPSR.20030413 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
605 AM MST SUN APR 13 2003

...A CHANGE TO WINDY AND COOLER WEATHER WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS 
EARLY THIS COMING WEEK...

THE WARM DRY WEATHER OF THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL GIVE WAY TO WINDY AND 
MUCH COOLER WEATHER THE THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA 
MONDAY AND ACROSS ARIZONA ON TUESDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH 
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS 
STORM. 

IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WILL 
DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE LOWER DESERT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND 
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. STRONGER WIND...25 TO 35 MPH...WILL 
OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...MAINLY NEAR JOSHUA 
TREE NATIONAL PARK. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR SAND WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO... YUMA 
...AND BLYTHE. WIND WILL DIMINISH ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES WELL 
EAST OF THE AREA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA MONDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS WILL
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA MONDAY NIGHT...
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING
THE DAY ON TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH...THOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE LOWER DESERT WILL LOWER TO THE MID
70S ON TUESDAY...AND WILL BE 7 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AT ALL
LOCATIONS. DRY WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 
80 IS EXPECTED OVER THE LOWER DESERT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ANOTHER 
WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES...BREEZY 
CONDITIONS...AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO THE AREA NEXT FRIDAY AND 
SATURDAY.

BERKOVITZ

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE