STORM2K

WELL....they keep forecasting afternoon showers and thunderstorms and I have YET to see a single CLOUD in the sky.....is this gonna be the "Year of the Nonsoons?" God let's HOPE NOT One way or another, Az is gonna *dry up and blow away* ~or~ *burn to the ground*....either way, it's SAD

Dennis

Well, first off, the monsoon has never failed to arrive-it has been quite pathetic at times (and this could be one of them) but the actual pattern shift that is the monsoon has always arrived-the thunderstorms are just incidental to it and the strength of the monsoon and the pattern it assumes dictates that-the thunderstorms are not monsoons-just thunderstorms. Secondly, we had showers yesterday and have a boomer to the north today so there is some activity though it's not monsoonal in origin yet.

Steve

The drought in AZ is causing quite a fire danger. I spoke with a woman who works with my company out there, and she said that power outages are possible from all the fires. I didn't know how bad it was until I heard it first hand! Stay safe guys!!

PLEASE Lord, let it RAIN on azsnowman and cool him off!! THANKS

CaptinCrunch wrote:PLEASE Lord, let it RAIN on azsnowman and cool him off!! THANKS

LOL.. actually he has been freezing his *** off as well.. He would prolly take some heavy snow if it had good moisture content..

Aquawind wrote:

CaptinCrunch wrote:PLEASE Lord, let it RAIN on azsnowman and cool him off!! THANKS

LOL.. actually he has been freezing his *** off as well.. He would prolly take some heavy snow if it had good moisture content..

WELL.....actually, I'll settle for some decent rains at the moment "LOL!" However, it won't be long till the snow flys again!

Now...this is sounding a BIT more better LOL!

AFDFGZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST THU JUL 08 2004

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY
BRINGING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ON
FRIDAY...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL DRAW ADDITIONAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD
RESULTING IN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF
SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&

.DISCUSSION...VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP CONTINUES TO SHOW PARTLY TO
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. DO HAVE SOME
ISOLATED CONVECTION FORMING IN ZONE 17 ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS
THE AREA BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH THE MESO-ETA INDICATING A NICE
80 PERCENT OR SO SWATH OF 6H RH MOVING OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM. ALSO
OF NOTE IS THE MODERATE AMOUNT OF FORCING CAUSED BY THE WEAK 5H
S/WV. THUS...HAVE INCREASED THE POPS FOR THE RIM AND THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS. MOISTURE WILL STICK AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL
LEAVE US OPEN FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.


Dennis