1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 2:45 PM MST, 3 hours earlier.
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-090600- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 245 PM MST FRI SEP 8 2006 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BE CONFINED TO MAINLY SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS WEEKEND FOR A CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS...WITH DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO INFILTRATE SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. MEANWHILE...A VERY WEAK FLOW OF AIR ALOFT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK...KEEPING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL HIGHER TERRAIN...ENOUGH FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF THE FORECAST REGION SHOULD BE GENERALLY SUNNY AND DRY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... STRONG INSOLATION THIS AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH A RATHER UNSTABLE AND MOIST AMS GIVING RISE TO ISOLD CONVECTION AGAIN TO THE N AND S OF THE GREATER PHX AREA...MUCH LIKE THE PAST TWO DAYS. AND...WE STILL HAVE A JET STREAK TO CONTEND WITH ACROSS NRN AZ IN THE SHORT TERM THAT WILL PROBABLY KEEP TSTMS LONGER-LIVED AND FIRING WELL INTO THE NIGHTTIME OVER AZ PORTION OF CWA. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN CHC POPS OVER SCNTRL AZ...TAPERING OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE OUT IN WRN PTN OF CWA. EVENING FORECASTERS WILL ONCE AGAIN NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR ISOLD SEVERE CONVECTION. AFTER TONIGHT...AS MENTIONED IN MORNING DISCUSSION...NAM AND GFS ARE AT DEFINITE ODDS WITH EACH OTHER REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF DRYING EXPCD THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE NAM MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE. THE DEGREE OF DRYING THE NAM IS FORECASTING APPEARS UNLIKELY GIVEN THE WEAK NATURE OF FLOW. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING ERN HALF OF CWA SATURDAY...THEN OVER HIGHER TERRAIN E AND SE OF PHX SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WILL NUDGE AFTERNOON TEMPS UP A FEW DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...WITH READINGS A HANDFUL OF DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO. && .LONG TERM... MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... MONSOON MOISTURE VERY STUBBORN TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE CWA...GIVEN THE WEAK FLOW PATTERNS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE NEXT WEEK. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR KPHX NEXT WEEK STILL APPEAR MARGINAL FOR ANY DESERT CONVECTION...AND STEERING FLOWS WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE FOR MOVING ACTIVITY OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS TO OUR N THRU E. THEREFORE... WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS CONFINED TO HIGHER TERRAIN OF ERN ZONE 28 AND ALL OF ZONE 24 DURING THE EXTENDED. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN TEMPS. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS ADEQUATELY DEPICT EXPECTED WEATHER. SEE TAFS PHXTAFPHX...PHXTAFIWA...PHXTAFYUM...LAXTAFBLH AND LAXTAFIPL FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX ESTLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 600 AM MST FRI SEP 8 2006 AZZ021>023-026>028-090400- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- GREATER PHOENIX AREA-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 600 AM MST FRI SEP 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ020-025-CAZ030>033-090400- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- 600 AM PDT FRI SEP 8 2006 /600 AM MST FRI SEP 8 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ024-090400- SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS- 600 AM MST FRI SEP 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds took out power to parts of Imperial county as winds were estimated to be exceeding 60 mph near Westmorland. Near the Salton Sea, the Sheriffs office reported dense blowing dust.
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