

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST SAT NOV 15 2003
.SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WITH COLDER
TEMPERATURES...AND A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW MOVING IN ON SUNDAY. THE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY...WITH DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM
WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTHLAND THROUGH MID WEEK.
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.DISCUSSION...A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER CALIFORNIA WILL APPROACH
ARIZONA OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN HIGH AND MID LEVEL
CLOUDS. ON SUNDAY...THE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN FURTHER AS IT MOVES
THROUGH ARIZONA. THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND
EXPECT A WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM...YAVAPAI COUNTY AND NORTHWARD TOWARD THE
KAIBAB PLATEAU. THE SNOW LEVEL ON SUNDAY WILL BE BETWEEN 5500 AN
6500 FEET WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
6500 FEET
Dennis