[PHX-Skywarn] PHXSPSPSR.20030314 - "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
323 PM MST FRI MAR 14 2003

...PACIFIC STORM TO BRING COOLER SHOWERY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND...

A PACIFIC STORM IS HEADING TOWARD SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA. THIS STORM WILL BRING AN END TO THE WARM DRY WEATHER THE
REGION HAD EXPERIENCED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

THIS STORM AS IT BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
SATURDAY WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...THEN WILL PUSH
EASTWARD TO AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN THE WINDS TO SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY. THESE WINDS
WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS WILL ALSO BEGIN...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BUT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY RECIEVED A BIT MORE.

THE WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THIS STORM MOVES
THROUGH...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME MUCH COOLER. AS SATURDAY WILL SEE
ANOTHER DAY IN THE MID 70S IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE MID 80S IN
THE DESERTS...SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO
THE LOW TO MID 70S IN THE DESERTS. FURTHER COOLING OF ABOUT ANOTHER
5 DEGREES WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY.

THE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NEW MEXICO MONDAY BUT ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO ARIZONA FROM THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE THE
THREAT OF SHOWERS ON MONDAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA WITH JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA.

DRIER WEATHER WITH THE START OF A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN TUESDAY
AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION.

FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.PHX.NOAA.GOV...OR LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER
RADIO ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND.


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