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FXUS65 KPSR 161722
AFDPSR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1022 AM MST SUN FEB 16 2025
UPDATE
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION
SYNOPSIS
SEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. PERIODIC BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR
AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT WEEK AS A COUPLE OF DRY WEATHER SYSTEMS
TRAVERSE PRIMARILY NORTH OF ARIZONA.
DISCUSSION
SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO ARC ACROSS WESTERN CONUS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A RIDGING FEATURE THAT WILL TAKE HOLD TODAY. IN
RESPONSE TO BUILDING MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS, TEMPERATURES WILL NOTABLY
WARM BY SEVERAL DEGREES TODAY. THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES,
GENERALLY 5-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WILL BE THE THEME FOR THE
REGION FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE NEXT WEEK.
ASIDE FROM A COUPLE OF WEAK AND DRY TROUGHS THAT WILL TRAVERSE
ACROSS OR NORTH OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY,
THE GENERAL FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN GENERALLY ZONAL THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK. THUS, THE TEMPERATURE RESPONSE WITH LOWERING
HEIGHTS FROM THESE TROUGHS WON'T BE OVERLY NOTICEABLE, AS LOWER
DESERT HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S
ON TUESDAY. THE ONLY SENSIBLE CHANGES WILL BE SOME INCREASED CLOUD
COVERAGE AND SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS, MOST NOTABLY THE NORTHERLY
DRAINAGE WINDS ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY
AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY WHERE WINDS COULD GUST IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH.
HEADING INTO LATE WEEK AND INTO THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND, EASTERN
PACIFIC RIDGING WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE EASTWARD, CAUSING MID-LEVEL
HEIGHTS TO BUILD ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ENSEMBLES REMAIN IN
EXCELLENT AGREEMENT OF THIS SCENARIO, WITH VERY STRONG POSITIVE
HEIGHT ANOMALIES BUILDING ACROSS WESTERN CONUS GOING INTO NEXT
WEEK. THIS UNFORTUNATELY MEANS THAT FURTHER WARMING WILL BE AROUND
THE CORNER, PARTICULARLY BEYOND THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST PACKAGE,
AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE CPC'S OUTLOOK OF HIGH PROBABILITIES (70-90%)
OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK. THE CURRENT
NBM INTERQUARTILE RANGES CONTINUE TO REMAIN MOSTLY 5 DEGREES OR
LESS, SO EVEN THE COOLEST SCENARIO WILL LIKELY STILL RESULT IN
HIGHS WARMING INTO THE LOW TO MID-80S THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND, AND
CONTINUING TO WARM INTO (AT LEAST) THE UPPER 80S GOING INTO NEXT
WEEK FOR LOWER DESERT LOCALES. WITH THESE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES
DEVELOPING LATE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK, WE MAY
HAVE TO BEGIN MONITORING RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE POTENTIAL, AS NBM
PROBABILITIES ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 20-30% OF TYING OR BREAKING
THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR CENTRAL PHOENIX STARTING AS
EARLY AS THIS UPCOMING SUNDAY.
AVIATION
UPDATED AT 1722Z.
SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING KPHX, KIWA, KSDL, AND KDVT;
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA/SOUTHWEST ARIZONA INCLUDING KIPL AND KBLH:
LIGHT DIURNAL WINDS, MOSTLY AT OR BELOW 7 KTS, WILL PREVAIL AT ALL
TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. EXTENDED PERIODS OF CALM AND
LIGHT VARIABILITY ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED. SCT TO BKN HIGH CIRRUS
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD.
FIRE WEATHER
DRY CONDITIONS WITH DAILY MINRH'S RANGING IN THE MID TO UPPER
TEENS REGION-WIDE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS WEEK. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY FOLLOW TYPICAL DIURNAL TENDENCIES EACH DAY THROUGH
MONDAY, WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS
THE WESTERN DISTRICTS ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE
NORMAL AROUND 5-10 DEGREES THROUGH THIS WEEK.
PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AZ...NONE.
CA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...YOUNG
AVIATION...BENEDICT
FIRE WEATHER...YOUNG
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