Just like the Energizer Bunny...they keep COMING and COMING!

[azsnowman]

Like the Energizer Bunny....they just keep COMING and COMING and COMING!! One system after ANOTHER are lined up off the EPAC, this is UNFRIGGIN' REAL!

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

FXUS65 KFGZ 272231 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 330 PM MST SUN JAN 27 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN AND SNOW OVER ARIZONA THROUGH TOMORROW. EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 6000 TO 7500 FEET ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT WITH THE SNOW LEVEL DECREASING TO AROUND 5000 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. UNSETTLED AND COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. &&

.DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE PACIFIC LOW CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A LARGE PLUME OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS LOW CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW AND RAIN THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD CORE OF THE LOW MOVES ACROSS ARIZONA. SNOW LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY AROUND THE 6500 TO 7000 FOOT LEVEL OVER NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA WITH HIGHER SNOW LEVELS 7000 TO 8000 FEET OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARIZONA. BY MONDAY MORNING SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 5000 FEET OVER THE KAIBAB TO AROUND 6500 FEET OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH. AS CLOUDS GRADUALLY DECREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WIND SPEEDS WILL RAMP UP WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND DOWN INTO THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DECREASE TEMPERATURES AND FURTHER DECREASE SNOW LEVELS TO AROUND 3000 TO 5000 FEET BY TUESDAY. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS. ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM HAS A SHALLOW MOISTURE LAYER AND WEAK DYNAMICS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED AND LIKELY OCCUR WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN EASTERN ARIZONA AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 30 TO 40 MPH DURING THE DAY.

THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING CONTINUED COLD AND UNSETTLED WEATHER. STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE STORM TRACK INTO THE NORTHLAND...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES

[Squarethecircle]

That's insane. Are you ACTUALLY expected to ACTUALLY be able to ACTUALLY deal with this or (actually) something?

[noelphx]

I hope that they get far enough south to hit Prescott and Prescott Valley. Sometimes they arent far enough south to hit us but do hit farther south in az the further east you go. I picked a good winter to be in the high country lol. I love it. It's such a change of pace to Phoenix. I almost don't wanna go back but good paying jobs are scarce here.