
SPSFGZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
320 PM MST WED FEB 25 2004
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WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-
MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-KAIBAB PLATEAU-COCONINO PLATEAU-
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-BLACK MESA AREA-
CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-
...WINDY WEATHER THURSDAY WILL USHER IN COLDER AND WET CONDITIONS
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ARIZONA FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP FROM FLAGSTAFF WESTWARD
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY
EVENING ABOVE 6500 FEET.
A COLDER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER ARIZONA FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO AROUND
4500 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...ESPECIALLY ABOVE
6000 FEET.
DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY...BUT ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER ARIZONA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TRAVELERS AND OTHERS WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL ARIZONA LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER...AND POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Dennis
