[PHX-Skywarn] PHXSPSPSR.20030315 - "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
650 AM MST SAT MAR 15 2003

...SAY GOODBYE TO THE WARM DRY WEATHER...AT LEAST FOR A FEW DAYS...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER 
TEMPERATURES...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS...AND SHOWERY WEATHER TO 
FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA BY TONIGHT...AND TO 
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA BY SUNDAY. 

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S OVER MUCH OF 
THE LOWER DESERT...BUT WILL COOL TO THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S SUNDAY.
BY MONDAY...DAYTIME HIGHS OVER THE DESERT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO 
MID 60S OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX 
METROPOLITAN AREA...TO THE LOWER 70S IN YUMA AND OVER FAR SOUTHEAST 
CALIFORNIA. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE 15 TO 20 DEGREES LOWER THAN WHAT 
OCCURRED MUCH OF THIS PAST WEEK...AND WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW 
NORMAL. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 
WEDNESDAY. 

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST 
CALIFORNIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE. PERIODS OF 
WINDY WEATHER WILL OCCUR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER 
FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER.  

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER FAR SOUTHEAST 
CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY...OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST 
-CENTRAL ARIZONA TONIGHT...THEN AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH 
CENTRAL ARIZONA SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE 
SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO NEAR 4500 FEET BY MONDAY NIGHT OVER SOUTH 
CENTRAL ARIZONA. BY MONDAY EVENING...RAINFALL STORM TOTALS WILL 
GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH GREATER 
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. 

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.


$$

DG





NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE