Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
204 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016

.SYNOPSIS...Adequate moisture will provide scattered mainly afternoon
and evening thunderstorms into this weekend. Perhaps some decrease
in coverage will occur around Thursday. Expect hotter than average
daytime temperatures through Thursday followed by moderating
temperatures by early next week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Early afternoon radar and satellite imagery reveal developing
convection along the Mogollon Rim, eastward through the White Mtns
and into the Chiricahua's. Storms have been impressive on radar thus
far but have been located in remote areas where ground truth is at a
minimum. That being said, it would appear that conditions remain
ripe for development across portions of the area through this
evening.

Full suite of 12z operational models and nearly all of the relevant
ensemble guidance has completed. It would still appear that the
large scale atmosphere is favorable for convection with the NAM,
GFS, and ECMWF all indicating much higher than normal moisture
across the area (this verifies well as this morning's 12z KTUS
sounding showed 1.62in of precipitable water which is in the 95th
percentile for late July) and MLCAPES anywhere from 500-1000 J/Kg.
Convective allowing models including the HRRR/HRRRx/UofA WRFs and
locally run WRF models all suggest convection will continue to
develop in the mountains and be advected southwestward into the
lower elevations through late afternoon. The HRRR/HRRRx has taken a
bit more of an eastward shift with the line of storms vs. earlier
runs but observational trends would suggest this may not be the
case. I made some upward adjustments to PoPs earlier in the day and
I still think these changes were warranted. Still thinking it could
be a particularly active afternoon/evening across southeast Arizona.
Confidence in how things will evolve west of Tucson has decreased
slightly but still should warrant higher than normal PoPs.

As is typically the case this time of year, how convection plays out
today will directly influence how active it is tomorrow. Given the
likelihood for storms today and the potential for a less than
favorable atmosphere, storm coverage should be less on Thursday and
that trend has already been reflected in the PoPs. Friday on the
other hand should see a return of above normal moisture and modest
instability. Some of the longer range hi-res models suggest Friday
could be even more active than today and thus PoPs have been
elevated for Friday afternoon and evening. Beyond that, it looks to
be a favorable pattern through the weekend into next week. Temps
will remain at or above normal through the end of the week but
should retreat into the low/mid 90s this weekend into next week.

&&

.AVIATION...VALID THRU 29/00Z.
Isold to sctd -SHRA and -TSRA, mainly from KTUS E and S thu 28/08z.
Brief wind gusts to 50 mph and MVFR conds psbl with stronger TSRA.
Otherwise, sfc wind mainly less than 10 kts. Debris cloud cover
above 10k ft agl btwn 29/08z and 29/16z with isold -shra/ts.

Storms developing once again after 28/17z ovr the higher trrn and
drifting SW in the valleys thru 29/00z. Aviation discussion not
updated for TAF amendments.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...Scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms
will continue into early next week. Expect the storms this evening
mainly south and east of Tucson. Afternoon temperatures will remain
a bit warmer than average through Friday, then drop to near normal
by early next week.

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
626 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     TSTM WND GST     DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE 32.18N 110.88W
07/27/2016  M61 MPH          PIMA               AZ   ASOS

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1600027

KD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
629 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W SAGUARO NATIONAL PA 32.17N 110.80W
07/27/2016                   PIMA               AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BRANCHES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1600028

KD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
643 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR F 32.18N 110.81W
07/27/2016                   PIMA               AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN AT CAMINO SECO AND ESCALANTE

&&

CORRECTED LOCATION...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER TWC1600026

KD

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