A late season cold front brought snow to the higher elevations of northern Arizona.
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A late season cold front brought snow to the higher elevations 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 Apr 2, 2:30 PM MST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 230 PM MST WED APR 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BREEZY AND COOL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON SATURDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THERE ARE TWO LOW CENTERS AT THIS TIME. ONE IS LOCATED IN SRN NEVADA...THE OTHER OVER SRN CALIFORNIA. BOTH SYSTEMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS AZ LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING QUICKLY ACROSS NWRN AZ THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL SPREAD TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS PRESENT FOR AT LEAST A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD PCPN DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DEEP SATURATED LAYER FROM THE SURFACE UP THOUGH -30C FROM ABOUT SUNSET THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS DEEP SATURATED LAYER WILL RESULT IN EFFICIENT MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE HEAVIEST PCPN WILL OCCUR DURING THIS PERIOD. PCPN AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND 1/4 INCH WATER EQUIVALENT OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM AND THE KAIBAB PLATEAU...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE LOWER TERRAIN...AND ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL FROM AROUND 5500 FEET OVER THE KAIBAB TO 6500 FEET OVER THE WHITE MTNS THIS EVENING...TO AROUND 5000 FEET ALL LOCATIONS THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ABOVE 6500 FEET...AND POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 6000 FEET...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS THURSDAY. FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THOUGH IT WILL BE WEAKER THAN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...MAINLY ON SATURDAY AND ENDING EARLY SUNDAY...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...MODELS HAVE COME INTO DECENT AGREEMENT IN DEVELOPING A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN STATES. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SCATTERED MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED IFR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. SNOW LEVELS RANGING FROM 5000-6000 FT MSL. AFT 06Z...COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THOUGH CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO AROUND 5000 FT MSL. WINDS DECREASING AND BECOMING WEST 10-15 KTS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING AS A STORM SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE STATE. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ABOVE 6000 FEET. SHOWERS WILL END AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST THURSDAY...LEAVING BEHIND COOL...BREEZY...AND MODERATELY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GOOD TO EXCELLENT VENTILATION IS FORECAST EACH AFTERNOON. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN SUNDAY AND MONDAY UNDER NORTHERLY FLOW. NO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC..........DB AVIATION........MCS FIRE WEATHER....MCS FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 322 AM MST WED APR 2 2014 AZZ004>018-037>040-030800- KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY- 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- NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 322 AM MST WED APR 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO... NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS 5000 TO 6000 FEET THIS MORNING...FALLING TO 4500 TO 5500 FEET TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET ELEVATION WHERE A TRACE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of snow fell in the community of Pi on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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