"NOT AGAIN!"

[azsnowman]

"Aaaauuuuugh!" ENOUGH is ENOUGH MORE friggin' RAIN is in the FORECAST....what happened to WINTER SNOWS? I know, I know, I SHOULD be GRATEFUL for the moisture BUT...the RAIN does almost NOTHING for the drought, it all RUNS OFF and the ground is SO saturated right now from the 5.32" of rain we received yesterday, the system for Mon-Thurs is ALL RAIN

Dennis

[ohiostorm]

Yeah when the ground is so dry and hard, the rain just runs off and has no time to saturate in. In Ohio, if you walk on the ground now, its just like walking in muck.. its all squisky and nasty. We had a very wet summer plus Frances and Ivan with almost 15" to 20" of rain in 9 days. Watch out for the flooding!

[Aslkahuna]

TUS is saying that this next system will be colder than the last one so there's a difference of opinion.

Steve

[Stephanie]

I hope it is colder Steve.

[sertorius]

good luck Dennis-I hope the next storm can drop the snow levels down for you-stay safe man!!

[rainstorm]

tell the rain to talk to the hand

[JQ Public]

I heard on the weather channel that rain with change to snow in salt lake city after the new year, will that translate further south to where you are Dennis? Best wishes.

[azsnowman]

TUS is saying that this next system will be colder than the last one so there's a difference of opinion.

Steve

Yup....FLAG is starting to *hint* at a *slight introduction of colder air* on Monday night, however, we have to get through this next trough (tonight thru Saturday night) before the possible cold air invasion, at least this trough is weak with very little moisture to work with.

Ohiostorm, the areas hardest hit day before yesterday haven't seen substantial rainfall in 9 YEARS, those areas received over 2" of rain, the ground is so hard, so powder dry, hence the reason for the massive flooding.

Dennis

[Tornado_Chaser2005]

Dennis check out the VERY COLD Strong system coming in after the 2 we will have by the middle of next week, sometime around friday or so for you, but look at that! its cold, strong, and could snow there! heavy snow for sotuhern california mountains it looks like so why not huh? lol

[azsnowman]

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

AZC005-007-017-025-020700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
330 PM MST SAT JAN 1 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..
IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA
SOUTHWESTERN NAVAJO

IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA
NORTHERN GILA

IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA
YAVAPAI

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
SOUTHERN COCONINO

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE DOWN THE WEST COAST AND WILL SLOWLY
MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA GENERATING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND HIGH
ELEVATION SNOW FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL
BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO THE MOGOLLON RIM...AND AREAS WEST AND
SOUTH...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL. TOTAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1
INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH SOME AREAS SURPASSING 2 INCHES. MUCH
OF THE WATCH AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAINS IN THE PRECEDING
WEEK. WITH THE GROUND IN THESE AREAS STILL VERY SATURATED AND
CERTAIN CREEKS AND STREAMS RECOVERING FROM PREVIOUS FLOODING...THE
ANTICIPATED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT AT
GENERATING POTENTIAL FLOODING. BY WEDNESDAY...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD AND WEAKEN IN THE WAKE OF
THIS SYSTEM...REDUCING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

...REPEAT THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING..

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK
ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.



WELL....All friggin RAIN still/yet/again, we CAN'T seem to catch a BREAK from these WARM TEMPS!

Dennis