1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 1:45 PM MST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 145 PM MST SUN JUL 3 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA ALLOWING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION EXISTS OTHER THAN NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER... WHERE SOME STORMS MAY SPILL OVER FROM NORTHERN MEXICO DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. && .DISCUSSION...CUMULUS CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN TO POP UP OVER SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AS EXPECTED AND JUST ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THEY DID YESTERDAY. THE DEW POINTS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER HAVE BEEN IN THE MID 40S SINCE THIS MORNING PROVIDING AMPLE MOISTURE FOR LIMITED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER... FOR A THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP IT WILL HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH THE WEAK TO MODERATE CAP LEFT FROM THE MID LEVEL COOLING OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH AS SEEN ON THE KTUS 12Z SOUNDING. ELSEWHERE... DEW POINTS ARE HOVERING BETWEEN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S PROVIDING DRY CONDITIONS AND NO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS ALL OCCURRING UNDER AN EAST/WEST ORIENTED HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA PRODUCING A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE RIDGE IS CENTERED SOUTH OF ARIZONA OVER CENTRAL SONORA... MEXICO AND EXTENDS ALONG 30N WELL INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO DIVIDE ON MONDAY AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL DIG SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BE CENTERED OVER LAS VEGAS. THE NAM AND GFS DIFFER ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS IMPULSE WITH THE GFS FORECASTING THE MOST AGGRESSIVE SOLUTION. AT ANY RATE... THE RESULT WILL BE A SLIGHT COOLING TREND... BUT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. MOISTURE WILL LINGER NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER THROUGH THE WEEK KEEPING THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY. ELSEWHERE... DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. && .FIRE WEATHER...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN SONORA INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER FROM THE NOGALES VICINITY EASTWARD... WHERE SOME INCREASE IN LOW AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE QUITE LOW WITH POOR NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES EXPECTED. HOT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK. && .AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC DISCUSSION...EVANS FIRE WEATHER/AVIATION DISCUSSIONS...FRANCIS WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 200 PM MST SUN JUL 3 2005 AZZ019-029>034-041400- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- 200 PM MST SUN JUL 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ035-041400- COCHISE COUNTY- 200 PM MST SUN JUL 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COCHISE COUNTY .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THIS PERIOD... MAINLY NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THIS PERIOD AND WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN SONORA EXTENDING INTO FAR SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. EVANS
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong thunderstorm near the Douglas / Bisbee International Airport caused a 68 mph ( 59 knot) wind gust which was observed by the ASOS as this location.
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