1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 9:30 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 930 PM MST WED APR 6 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE TO THE EAST TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY...WARM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE BUT STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THE AFTERNOON AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE NORTHLAND. ON FRIDAY...AND OVER THE WEEKEND...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. && .DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL PASS ON BY TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT. NEXT UPSTREAM WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY...WITH WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM WINSLOW BACK TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS PEAK OVERNIGHT THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AND THEN FOR EASTERN SECTIONS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE WINDS ALONG AND A HEAD OF THE FRONT FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LCR. THE LAPSE RATES WILL BE THE HIGHEST FROM THE RIM NORTHWARD TOMORROW 8.0 TO 9.0 DEG C/KM...AND THEN SOUTH OF THE RIM LAPSE RATES APPEAR TO BE NEAR MOIST ADIABATIC FROM 700 TO 500 MB. LOOKING AT THE AREA SOUNDINGS THE DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES WILL EXTEND UP THROUGH 700 MB FOR TOMORROW. NEXT UPSTREAM WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND STRONG WINDS INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA EARLY SATURDAY. SINCE THE ATMOS WILL BE MORE STABLE DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THE STRONGER WINDS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MIXING TO THE SURFACE SO AS TO LIMIT THE EXTEND AND DURATION OF THE STRONG WINDS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM FLAGSTAFF NORTHWARD ON SUNDAY AS THE CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE FROM WESTERN UTAH INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES ON MONDAY. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS...LIGHTER WINDS...AND WARMER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && TC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong Pacific cold front brought high winds to the Kaibab Plateau overnight April 6 to 7. Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) recorded peak wind gusts of 73 MPH at Four Springs and 60 MPH at Paria Point.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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