[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20031101

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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
758 PM MST FRI OCT 31 2003

...THE AMOUNT OF COOLING FROM SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA HAS VARIED GREATLY THE PAST COUPLE DAYS...

A STRONG AND UNSEASONABLY COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES
OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING. A MUCH
COOLER AIRMASS HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA INTO THE
WESTERN HALF OF ARIZONA THROUGH THE PAST 24 TO 48 HOURS. THE
LEADING EDGE OF THIS COOLER AIR IS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WAS
MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS EVENING.

SINCE WEDNESDAY...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TWENTY
DEGREES AT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT AND IMPERIAL CALIFORNIA.
BLYTHE CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY WAS 17 DEGREES COOLER THAN ON
WEDNESDAY...WHILE YUMA COOLED 16 DEGREES AND PARKER 13 DEGREES THE
PAST COUPLE DAYS. THIS COOLING WAS LESS DRAMATIC OVER SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA. BOTH WICKENBURG AND PHOENIX COOLED 8 DEGREES...
COOLIDGE DROPPED 6 DEGREES...WHILE SUCH STATIONS SUCH AS GLOBE...
LAKE ROOSEVELT...AND SAN CARLOS IN SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY HAVE
RECORDED NO COOLING DURING THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.

THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD SATURDAY
AND BRING THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF COOLING TO AREAS EAST OF PHOENIX.

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BERKOVITZ



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE