STORM2K

This time of year is GREAT but yet in the SAME breath....."BORING!" No precip in the immediate future but HEY...who's complaining


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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

FXUS65 KFGZ 311655 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 945 AM MST TUE OCT 31 2006 .SYNOPSIS...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS...SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER TO NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...A FLAT RIDGE WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST OF ARIZONA AND UTAH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A SERIES OF WEST COAST TROUGHS WILL SPILL OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE RIDGE AND OVER INTO ARIZONA. BY LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO MIGRATE EAST OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...WITH A FAIRLY DEEP TROUGH AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST BY THE GFS TO OPEN AND MOVE INLAND AS A TROUGH LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE MAIN EFFECT THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE ON NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL BE TO BRING BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG SLIGHTLY COOLER HIGH TEMPS.

I've got a BAD gut feeling that this is gonna be a "10 peat".....a repeat of the past 10 winters, zero, ZIP, nadda! I know, I know....it's *supposed* to be a El Nino winter but my gut has never been wrong and it's getting stronger with each passing day!

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

FXUS65 KFGZ 312202 AFDFGZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 255 PM MST TUE OCT 31 2006 .SYNOPSIS...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS...SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER TO NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH SATURDAY. A DRY COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND LATE SUNDAY...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. && .DISCUSSION...THE FORECAST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PERIODS OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS THE STATE FROM TIME TO TIME. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE SEASONAL NORMALS. ON SUNDAY...PROGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE STATE AS A TROF OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE STRENGTH AND EXACT LOCATION OF THE TROF HAS VARIED...BUT AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT A DRY COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE IN THE SUNDAY MONDAY TIME FRAME. ON TUESDAY...A WARM RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS STRONGLY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF A HUGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. TUESDAY LOOKS DRY WITH REBOUNDING TEMPS.