"SNOW!?!?!" In late APRIL?!?!?!

[azsnowman]

We went an ENTIRE winter and NOW we're having WINTER in SPRING.......talk about screwed up WEATHER

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

Thursday: Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and snow showers. Cooler. Snow level around 9000 feet. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs 49 to 59 above 7000 feet...around 62 below 7000 feet.

Thursday night: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level around 7000 feet. Southwest winds up to 15 mph and gusty in the evening becoming light. Lows around 31 above 7000 feet...around 35 below 7000 feet.

Friday: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow and rain showers. Snow level around 6500 feet. Light and variable winds. Highs 45 to 53 above 7000 feet...around 58 below 7000 feet.

Friday night: Partly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers. Lows 27 to 33 above 7000 feet...around 35 below 7000 feet. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

[azsnowman]

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

FXUS65 KFGZ 260946 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 245 AM MST WED APR 26 2006 .SYNOPSIS...EXPECT ONE MORE DRY AND MILD DAY TODAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM DUE THURSDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER...AS WELL AS A CHANCE OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WITH WARMING AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...A SLOW MOVING AND FAIRLY DEEP (FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR) LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD SAN DIEGO TODAY...AND TURN TO THE EAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. INITIALLY...MOISTURE IS LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT ALREADY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEEN OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NORTH OF THE LOW. THIS REGION OF THE STORM WILL BE OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA BY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS WILL BE IN COCONINO AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES WHERE STRONG LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE SETS UP UNDER THE MID/UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE. BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW IS THAT MOST AREAS WILL SEE A TENTH OR TWO WITH THE MOST FAVORED AREAS SEEING UP TO A HALF INCH OF QPF. THE PROXIMITY OF THE LOW WILL ALSO LOWER SNOW LEVELS TO AS LOW AS 7000 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING SOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF...EVEN IN FLAGSTAFF SOME HEAVIER SHOWER ACTIVITY COULD BRIEFLY LOWER SNOW LEVELS ENOUGH THAT PORTIONS OF TOWN MAY SEE A FEW WET FLAKES. THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST LATER FRIDAY...WITH MOIST EASTERLY FLOW KEEPING SHOWERS AROUND THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HGHTS REALLY RISE QUICKLY OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK FOR A STRONG WARMING TREND...AND DRY CONDITIONS. PETERSON.

[Aslkahuna]

Come on now, I've seen a trace fo snow here in SV in early MAY and have seen the Huachucas whitened in May so that's not that unusual. I've also seen fresh snow in the Sierra and Wasatch in July and the Rockies in August.

Steve