SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
300 PM MST THU NOV 20 2003
...WINDY AND MUCH COLDER WEATHER ARRIVES FRIDAY AND INTO THE
WEEKEND...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE STARTING
FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
STRENGTHEN THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. EXPECT GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT
TIMES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG...
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MAINLY DRY...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
EXPECTED FROM THE RIM NORTHWARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY THE LOW...WITH AS MUCH AS 20
DEGREES OF COOLING FROM FRIDAY TO SATURDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES AND
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY...BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES
EAST OF THE STATE BY MONDAY.
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES...CHECK THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HOME PAGE AT http://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/FLAGSTAFF...OR TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION.
Dennis
