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BRIEFING pages |
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National Weather Service office in Tucson Arizona has created several weather
briefing pages to provide you with easy access to weather graphics and information
that pertains to specific weather events. These pages contain a set of graphics
and text information that details weather parameters for specific weather
events. |
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Current
- This briefing page gives an overview of current weather conditions.
This page contains links to text products like area forecast discussions,
regional weather summaries, and short term forecasts. Graphics are provided
for surface conditions from close in to Arizona out to the North America
scale. Latest satellite and radar images are also provided.
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Forecast
- This briefing page gives an overview of forecast weather conditions. This
page contains links to text products like area forecast discussions, zone
forecasts and hazardous weather outlooks. Graphics are provided which show
today's forecast map and projected surface features out to 7 days. Forecast
QPF (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) maps out to three days is also
provided. |
| Severe
weather - This breifing page gives an overview of current
and forecast convective severe weather periods. This page contains links
to text products like area forecast discussions, hazardous weather outlooks
and any watch/warnings/advisories that may be in effect. The latest radar
images are provided along with convective charts. |
| Winter
weather - This breifing page gives an overview of current
and forecast winter weather conditions across Arizona. This page contains
links to text products like area forecast discussions, forecasts for specific
high elevation locations and any watch/warnings/advisories that may be in
effect. A link to temperature, precipitation and snowfall graphics is also
provided. Graphics are provided which show surface forecast maps out to
7 days. Additional graphics of snowfall probablities is provided along with
a wind chill chart. |
| Fire
weather - This breifing page gives an overview of current
and forecast fire weather conditions. This page contains link to text products
like area forecast discussion and fire weather pre-suppression forecasts.
Graphics provided included Day 1 fire weather outlook, current fire danger
classification, fuel moisture maps and latest Haines index. |
| Heat
- This page provided two color coded "HEAT INDEX" charts. |
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