A strong cold front brought windy conditions to northern Arizona.
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The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A strong cold front brought windy conditions to 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 Nov 15, 9:00 AM MST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 900 AM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING WINDY AND COLDER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...CURRENT FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO MORNING UPDATES ANTICIPATED. A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST OF THESE...CURRENTLY MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH NEVADA...WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDS UP TO ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH...FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM TO AROUND THE FOUR CORNERS AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. MOISTURE IS FAIRLY LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FROM AROUND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA REGION WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 1 INCH ACCORDING TO SATELLITE-BASED ESTIMATES ARE APPROACHING THE ARIZONA/MEXICO BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS MOISTURE WILL MAINLY AFFECT EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE...SO THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES/AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL ALSO BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL/NORTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SECOND SYSTEM SATURDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS...NEARLY AS STRONG AS TODAY...BUT WITH MORE LIMITED PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL IN A WEAK WARM ADVECTION PATTERN. THE LONG-WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WEST TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL MOVE EAST WITH RIDGING BUILDING BACK IN EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR FAIR WEATHER WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE LATE NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...MODEL RUNS ARE SHOWING THIS TO BE A FAIRLY WEAK SYSTEM. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE INTO THE AFTN AND EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN AZ. AREAS OF CIGS FROM 4-6KFT AGL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS...WITH LOCAL MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE AFTER 00Z. SFC WINDS BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY FROM THE SW WITH GUSTS 25-40KTS THRU 02Z SATURDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY 1100 AM TO 700 PM MST AZZ011>017-039-040. && PUBLIC.....MCCOLLUM/DJO AVIATION...KD/JJ FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 324 AM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 AZZ011>017-039-040-160700- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 324 AM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NORTHWARD AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOCAL BLOWING DUST IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY GUSTING OVER 40 MPH IN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARIZONA. .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.
The ASOS at the St Johns Airport recorded a peak wind gust of 61 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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