FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 243 AM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES ARE
FORECAST.
* TIMING...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FOR AN HOUR OR
TWO AROUND 7 AM.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
EASTERN PIMA AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTIES. MOST LOCATIONS CAN
EXPECT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BUT LOCALIZED
OUTLYING AREAS AND NEAR WASHES WILL BE COLDER WITH A HARD
FREEZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS WIDESPREAD FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE
CROPS AND VEGETATION. COVER THEM...IF POSSIBLE...WITH CLOTH
SHEETS OR BLANKETS TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 240 AM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET.
* TIMING...A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM PUSHING SOUTH OUT OF
CANADA WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND...THEN
TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT
IN WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND
12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 6000 FEET AND 7000 FEET...AND 12
TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AT 7000 FEET
MONDAY AFTERNOON...THEN FALL TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...WINDY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET WITH
THIS SYSTEM. THE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. GUSTY WINDS
AND BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES
ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
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