STORM2K

WELL, following what was a WET winter for us up here in the mountains, the moisture continues to stream in!!

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
FXUS65 KFGZ 050947 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 245 AM MST THU MAY 05 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE STATE TODAY. LOOK FOR INCREASING CLOUDS AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FROM FLAGSTAFF NORTHWARD. IT WILL ALSO BE MUCH COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNS BY SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE. YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING WINDY AND COOLER WEATHER ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

Dennis

I know...I have been screaming about how unusaul the weather patterns have been this year on another thread. It seems that everyone is beginning to realize that is indeed the case!

So it's NOT just ME then?

Read this, SEVERE storms with snow levels at 7000' TONIGHT?

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

THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND BEST UVV SEEN OVER THE NW SECTIONS OF THE CWA. IT LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY CONVECTIVE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. LAPSE RATES WILL STEEPEN DURING THE DAY WITH CAA ALOFT AND MODELS SHOW LI`S OF 0 TO -2 DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG SHEAR ALSO INDICATED AND MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED SVR TSTMS. THE COLD CORE WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS TO BTWN 7500 AND 8000 FT TONIGHT. THE CWA REMAINS UNDER WEAK CYCLONIC FLOW TOMORROW. LINGERING COLD POOL ALOFT AND LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO A LOW POP DAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIP SEEN FOR AREAS NEAR THE UT BORDER.