SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 400 AM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 400 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF WEATHER WILL BRING SUBSTANTIAL RAIN
AND SNOW TO NORTHERN ARIZONA EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE
BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
CURRENT FORECASTS SUGGEST RAINFALL COULD EXCEED 1 TO 2 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 FEET
ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF ON THE INTERNET
AT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 343 PM MST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARIZONA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BRING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES TO MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT. LOCALLY
STRONG WINDS TONIGHT WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON
RIM AND IN PORTIONS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. TEMPERATURES OR WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO AT MOST ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500
FEET TONIGHT...BETWEEN 0 AND 10 DEGREES MOST AREAS NORTH OF THE
MOGOLLON RIM...AND THE TEENS AND 20S ACROSS MOST OF YAVAPAI AND
NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A PRONOUNCED WEATHER PATTERN CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE BEGINNING
EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH FREQUENT PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS NEXT
WEEK WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA. KEEP UPDATED WITH THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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