AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

 
 FXUS65 KFGZ 250304
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 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
 800 PM MST FRI OCT 24 2008
 
 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A WARMING TREND AND LIGHT WINDS 
 TO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL COOL 
 TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT DAYTIME HIGHS WILL 
 STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.
 
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 .DISCUSSION...SOME HIGH CLOUDS ARE MOVING THROUGH UTAH AND COLORADO 
 AT THIS TIME. THESE CLOUDS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY SOUTHWARD 
 OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING. HAVE MADE MINOR 
 TWEAKS TO THE SKY GRIDS AS A RESULT AND WILL HAVE THOSE UPDATES OUT 
 SHORTLY. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING  
 AS HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS QUIET WEATHER ACROSS THE STATE.
 
 
 .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (240PM MST)...A LARGE AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL 
 BRING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...A VERY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER...AND 
 RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS TO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH CLOUDS 
 WILL OCCASIONALLY DRIFT OVER THE STATE WITH LITTLE IMPACT. SURFACE 
 HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS ON 
 MONDAY GIVING NORTHERN ARIZONA EASTERLY BREEZES AND A FEW DEGREES OF 
 DAYTIME COOLING. SOME MOISTURE AND A WEAK S/WV MAY MOVE THROUGH THE 
 RIDGE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BUT PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE 
 VERY SLIGHT AT THIS TIME.
 
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 .AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z PACKAGE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE 
 FORECAST PERIOD. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS.
 
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 .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
 
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 PUBLIC.........42
 AVIATION.......42
 
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