[PHX-Skywarn] "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION" PHXSPSPSR.20031030

[ldad administrator]

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

WWUS85 KPSR 300058
SPSPSR
AZZ020-025-CAZ031-300600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
557 PM MST WED OCT 29 2003

...SMOKE FROM CALIFORNIA FIRES SPREADING INTO THE LOWER COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...

STRONG WESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
DROPPING SOUTHWARD FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAS PUSHED SMOKE FROM
THE CALIFORNIA FIRES INTO THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN
WESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THE VISIBILITY AT BLYTHE
CALIFORNIA ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY HAS DROPPED TO
SLIGHTLY OVER A MILE IN SMOKE THIS EVENING. SOME SMOKE HAS ALSO BEEN
REPORTED AS FAR EAST AS YUMA FOOTHILLS...EAST OF YUMA.

SMOKE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON
THURSDAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE SMOKE.

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BERKOVITZ



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE