HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 400 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN
GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A DEVELOPING EARLY WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AREAS OF RAIN AND
SNOW THE THE REGION BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM BY MID-AFTERNOON AND
WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWARD TO THE GRAND
CANYON AND KAIBAB PLATEAU BY LATE AFTERNOON.
SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO 6000-6500 FEET BY LATER TODAY...WITH 1 TO 4
INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE THOSE LEVELS BY LATER SATURDAY
EVENING.
AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF I-40. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER TONIGHT
WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND
DEFIANCE PLATEAU...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE BLACK MESA AND KAIBAB
PLATEAU.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
COLD EASTERLY FLOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING GENERALLY EAST OF FLAGSTAFF. THE
BEST CHANCES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY WILL
BE ABOVE 5500 FEET....SOUTHEAST OF FLAGSTAFF....ESPECIALLY OVER
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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