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FXUS65 KTWC 100940
AFDTWC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
240 AM MST SAT JAN 10 2026
SYNOPSIS
COLD START TO THE DAY WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS
DEVELOPING TODAY AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. WARMER THIS WEEKEND
WITH GRADUAL WARMER TREND NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
2 AM TEMPTRESS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER
40S WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 DEGREES OF COOLING EXPECT THIS
MORNING WITH FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM.
MAIN CONCERN THIS WEEKEND WILL BE GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS, INITIALLY
TODAY BY SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT, AND THEN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
AS A CLOSED LOW DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. FOR
AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO EAST WINDS SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCALIZED HIGH GUSTS IN THE
MOUNTAINS UP TO 55 MPH, ESPECIALLY WITH PEAK GRADIENT BEING THIS
EVENING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CONSIDER HOISTING A WIND ADVISORY
FOR THE MOUNTAINS BUT HELD OFF FOR NOW.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER THIS WEEKEND WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
SUNDAY MORNING SHOWING A WIDE RANGE FROM THOSE AREA EXPOSED TO
EASTERLY WINDS VERSUS AREAS THAT ARE NOT. NEXT WEEK WILL SEE A
GRADUAL WARMUP.
AVIATION
VALID THROUGH 11/12Z.
SKC. SFC WINDS ELY 10-22 KTS WITH GUSTS 22-40 KTS WITH HIGHER
GUSTS PSBL IN THE MTNS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF
AMENDMENTS.
FIRE WEATHER
AFTER A COLD MORNING, IT WILL BE WARMER TODAY WITH
WARMING TREND CONTINUING THROUGH ALL OF NEXT WEEK. GUSTY EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS.
TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR AZZ502>509.
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