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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
FXUS65 KTWC 220337 AFDTWC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 837 PM MST SAT NOV 21 2009 .SYNOPSIS...WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS NORTH OF OUR AREA. OTHER THAN SOME OCCASIONAL PATCHES OF HIGH CLOUDS...SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WILL REMAIN DRY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WARM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER WARM DAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 5 TO 9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH UTAH WITH THE TAIL END INTO ARIZONA. WITH THE BULK OF THE ENERGY WELL TO THE NORTH...WE`RE NOT SEEING MUCH THIS FAR SOUTH EXCEPT FOR A FEW CIRRUS CLOUDS DROPPING SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. THESE CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL CLIP THE FORECAST AREA THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. OTHERWISE...NO REAL SENSIBLE WEATHER ISSUES IN THE FORECAST AS DRY WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY. NO PLANNED UPDATES THIS EVENING. && .AVIATION...SKC-FEW CLOUDS MAINLY ABOVE 20K FT AGL THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING. NORMAL DIURNAL WIND TRENDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE TERMINAL SITES...WITH SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A LITTLE COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...AS DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE. THERE MAY BE SOME AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BREEZES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF TUCSON SUNDAY...HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
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