A SURE sign spring is COMIN!

[azsnowman]

Everyone that knows me KNOWS how much I LOVE the wind Here we go...the first sign of spring this coming week! This is makes the wildfire danger go up...no MATTER HOW much snow/rain we receive, come March and April the winds howl at 40-50 mph range for months on end and sucking EVERY drop of moisture out of the ground and trees!

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

FXUS65 KFGZ 251736
AFDFGZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
940 AM MST SUN FEB 25 2007

UPDATE FOR WIND ADVISORY ZONE 15

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS AND
GRADUALLY WARMING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TODAY AND MONDAY. EXPECT
GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS TO CONTINUE. BY TUESDAY...EVEN STRONGER WINDS
WILL DEVELOP AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THIS WILL LEAD TO COLD
AND WINDY WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...HAVE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 15...HIGHLIGHTING
THE DONEY PARK AND SUNSET CRATER AREAS. PLEASE SEE PHXNPWFGZ FOR
DETAILS.

A THICK MASS OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS CAN BE SEEN ACROSS
THE GREAT BASIN THIS MORNING. NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL SEE AN INCREASE
IN CLOUDINESS TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON. A FEW LOCALIZED LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO PEAKS AND MOUNT ELDEN...ARE ALREADY SEEING WIND SPEEDS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH. HOWEVER...A QUICK SCAN AT THE SURFACE OBSERVATION
DATA THIS MORNING SHOWS THIS IS ISOLATED AT THIS TIME. MOST
LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN THE 35 MPH RANGE. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO BE 3 TO 6 DEGREES
WARMER THAN YESTERDAY BUT IT WILL FEELER COOLER DUE TO THE WIND. NO
UPDATES ARE PLANNED FOR THIS GRID PACKAGE...BUT WILL BE SENDING OUT
AN HWO LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO HIGHLIGHT UPCOMING STORM SYSTEM AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS FOR THE MID-WEEK PERIOD. CK

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (230 AM MST)...DRY SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL BRUSH
NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE AN INCREASE IN
DAYTIME WINDS. BY THIS AFTERNOON EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. FURTHER WARMING IS
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WITH INCREASED WIND CHILL...IT WON`T FEEL
WARMER. ANOTHER SHORT-WAVE RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY
WITH FURTHER MODERATION OF DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY BUT REMAIN MORE IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH
RANGE.

ON TUESDAY...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES. THE MAIN IMPACT ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL BE VERY
STRONG WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS POTENTIALLY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40 MPH RANGE...AND COOLER TEMPERATURES.

[Aslkahuna]

They already had the first wildfire of the year on Fort Huachuca last week. Not a huge one but one nevertheless. Yep, it's a typical Spring day with temperatures climbing into the 70's, the humidity at single digits (along with the dewpoint) and winds gusting in the 25-30 mph range. This is why Spring sucks in AZ.

Steve

[azsnowman]

Steve...that's what I've always said about Az, "The winds don't BLOW here, they SUCK!"