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FXUS65 KTWC 221550
AFDTWC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
850 AM MST FRI AUG 22 2025
SYNOPSIS
DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAY
TO DAY VARIABILITY ON COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN TRENDING DOWN TO NEAR
NORMAL BY THE START OF NEXT WEEK. AN EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN
EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING.
UPDATE
THE LINGERING OVERNIGHT CLOUDS ARE SLOWLY DISSIPATING
THIS MORNING. THE HIGH THAT BROUGHT OUR WEATHER YESTERDAY IS NOW
BRINGING DRY AIR INTO OUR AREA FROM THE EAST DECREASING PWATS TO
AROUND 1.2 INCHES OVER TUCSON AND LESS THAN AN INCH BY SOUTHEASTERN
COCHISE COUNTY. THE DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO OUR
EASTERN AREAS THUS THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL
BE TUCSON WESTWARD TODAY. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH STORMS WILL BE
GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING CONTINUES WITH
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 104 TO 106 DEGREES AND MAJOR
HEAT RISK. REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED AND SPEND TIME INDOORS WITH
A/C. IF YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME OUTSIDE, WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT, LIGHT
COLORED CLOTHING AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. TAKE TIME TO LEARN THE
SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE, KEEPING IN MIND THAT
HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY.
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 313 AM MST FRI AUG 22 2025/
DISCUSSION
SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWED CONSIDERABLE
DEBRIS CLOUD COVER ACROSS PINAL, GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES
WHILE IT WAS CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS PIMA, SANTA CRUZ AND
COCHISE COUNTIES. EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA WITH UPPER
HIGH NEAR THE 4 CORNERS. THE AREA IS SPLIT WITH PWATS LESS THAN 1"
E-SE OF TUCSON WHILE VALUES WERE UP TO 1.30" WEST OF TUCSON. STORM
ACTIVITY LATER TODAY WILL MOSTLY BE W-SW OF TUCSON WHERE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. OTHERWISE ANOTHER HOT
AUGUST DAY WITH EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING.
E-SE FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND WITH DRIER
AIR EAST OF TUCSON AND WETTER AIR WEST OF TUCSON. THUS THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS THIS WEEKEND WILL MAINLY BE
W-SW OF TUCSON. THERE WILL BE LOCALIZED AREAS OF MAJOR HEATRISK
BUT NOT LARGE ENOUGH AREA AT THIS TIME TO WARRANT A WARNING TO BE
HOISTED.
NEXT WEEK STARTS OFF SIMILAR TO THIS WEEKEND BEFORE THE UPPER
HIGH MOVES EAST INTO TEXAS BRINGING A DEEPER AND MOISTER S-SE FLOW
ALOFT OVER THE AREA RESULTING IN AN UPTICK IN COVERAGE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY INTO
THURSDAY. WITH THE ADDED MOISTURE AND LOWER THICKNESS VALUES, HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLING OFF TO, DARE I SAY IT, BELOW NORMAL
LEVELS.
AVIATION
VALID THROUGH 23/12Z.
FEW-SCT CLOUDS LCLY BKN 10K-13K FT AGL DIMINISHING THRU 22/18Z.
AFT 22/18Z, FEW-SCT 9K-12K FT AGL WITH ISOLD -SHRA/-TSRA. SFC
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE E-SE LESS THAN 12 KTS THROUGH THE FORECAST
PERIOD. EXPECT GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH ANY -TSRA. AVIATION
DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.
FIRE WEATHER
EXPECT DAILY CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INTO NEXT WEEK WITH DAY TO DAY VARIABILITY OF
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF STORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING
ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH AN EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN
EFFECT TODAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN
LESS THAN 15 MPH WITH THE AFTERNOON GUSTINESS INTO NEXT WEEK. MIN
RHS WILL BE 15-20 PERCENT IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS AND 20-30 PERCENT
IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DEEP MONSOON MOISTURE WILL
RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK TO PROVIDE HIGHER WETTING RAIN CHANCES AND
COVERAGE AS WELL AS BETTER MIN RHS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
EXTREME HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR AZZ501>507-
509.
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