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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
225 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2017
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KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-
COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-
OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
225 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2017
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...
NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN
ARIZONA.
DAY ONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH
THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY BRINGING INCREASED WIND
SPEEDS, THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS, AND COLD
TEMPERATURES.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO AND EXCEEDING 40 MPH ALONG THE MOGOLLON
RIM AND NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT ALONG A NARROW BAND FROM FLAGSTAFF TO ALPINE WHERE SOME
ADVISORY LEVEL GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THE
EARLY MORNING.
THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO BRING LIGHT SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-40. 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM THE NORTH RIM OF GRAND
CANYON EAST TO THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS, WITH LESS THAN AN INCH IN
THE FLAGSTAFF AREA.
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES COLDER BEHIND THE
FRONT. EXPECT MORE MILD WEATHER LATE THIS WEEK WITH ANOTHER DROP
IN TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE BY CHRISTMAS EVE.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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