"Monsoup?"

[azsnowman]

LOL!! This is the first time I've seen the monsoon called "Monsoup!"

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

FXUS65 KFGZ 031549
AFDFGZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
850 AM MST FRI AUG 3 2007

.SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN
ARIZONA THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WHILE DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR
MOVES INTO WESTERN ARIZONA THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA THROUGH SATURDAY.
&&

.DISCUSSION...A LARGE CLOUD SHIELD EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL ARIZONA
THIS MORNING FROM PHOENIX TO PAGE AND FROM THE GRAND CANYON TO
WINSLOW. THIS SHOULD DELAY THE START OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MORNING SOUNDING
INDICATES A STRONG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AROUND 20 KFT WHICH SHOULD
LIMIT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR TODAY ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN YAVAPAI
COUNTY. STORM MOTION FOR TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE TO THE NORTH.

BOHLIN

FROM PREVIOUS 430 AM DISCUSSION...
THIS MORNING THERE ARE SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUING
ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF COCONINO COUNTY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
SHOWS THE MONSOON MOISTURE AXIS RUNNING FROM WESTERN COLORADO TO PHX
THEN SOUTH. TO OUR WEST...DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR IS SEEN IN BOTH
SAT IMAGERY AND THETA PROGS.

FOR TODAY THROUGH SAT NIGHT...IT LOOKS TO BE A BATTLE BETWEEN DRIER
AND MORE STABLE AIR ALOFT FOR WESTERN AZ VS THE MONSOON MOISTURE
PLUME FOR EASTERN AZ. WE HAVE DECREASED POPS ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY
AND WARMED MAX TEMPS THROUGH SATURDAY. NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES
WILL REMAIN IN THE MONSOUP.