HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 511 AM MST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 400 PM MST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY.
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY WITH LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS BEGINNING OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS EARLY AS THIS
AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
A PACIFIC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. VALLEY RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW IS MOST LIKELY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH THE AREAS
MOST LIKELY TO SEE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION BEING GREENLEE...GRAHAM
AND COCHISE COUNTIES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE
IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BUT LIKELY REMAINING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. LESSER
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE PINALENO...CHIRICAHUA... AND
CATALINA MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY LOW WITH THIS
STORM...FROM 4500 TO 5000 FEET...THAT SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL WITH
LITTLE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS OF GRAHAM AND
COCHISE COUNTIES ESPECIALLY DURING THE NIGHTTIME OR EARLY MORNING
HOURS.
RIDGING WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THIS STORM LATE IN THE WEEK FOR A
RETURN TO DRY AND WARMER WEATHER THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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