A strong trough of low pressure moving through Utah brought very strong winds to portions of northern Arizona.
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A strong trough of low pressure moving through Utah brought very strong winds to portions of northern Arizona.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 3:03 PM MST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 300 PM AM MST SUN MAR 30 2008 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WITH ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS. && .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS COMMON FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM NORTHWARD. ISOLATED GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTY AS WELL. A BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING INTO WESTERN ARIZONA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COCONINO AND KAIBAB PLATEAUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY SET TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM MST. THE TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ON MONDAY WITH LESS WIND FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BUT REMAIN BREEZY. A SHORT WAVE RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA ON TUESDAY WITH STILL LESS WINDS. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE WILL APPROACH ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RIDGING RETURNS ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARIZONA BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOW DIFFERENCES IN EVOLUTION AND TIMING. CURRENT GRIDS AND FCST HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT UNTIL SUNSET...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT AS THE CURRENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD. SCATTERED TO BROKEN SKY CONDITIONS WITH BASES 4-7 KFT AGL AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ARIZONA UNTIL 12-14Z MONDAY. DURING THE DAY MONDAY...SCATTERED SKY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KT ARE ANTICIPATED. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY 10 AM MST TO 8 PM MST AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040. && PUBLIC...MAS AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...DM VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR MORE NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 700 AM MST SUN MAR 30 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-310400- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS- MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-KAIBAB PLATEAU-COCONINO PLATEAU- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- BLACK MESA AREA-LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY- 700 AM MST SUN MAR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS MORNING FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NORTHWARD. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts to 65 MPH were observed three times between 1300 and 1400 in Dewey.
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