Weather
Winter Weather Warning
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 5:27 pm
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT Forecast for Prescott (5300 Ft.) This Afternoon Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. South southwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Tonight Showers likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. South southwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is more...
Winter Weather Advisory
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 7:15 am
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT ACCUMULATING SNOW TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING. more...
Thursday December 13, 2012 Weather
Posted on December 13, 2012 | 8:24 am
Synopsis: Conversations with the weather service have varied over the last couple days. This is the latest information as of 0800 hours this morning. The amount of snow above 6,000 feet has stayed pretty consistent with variations in accumulation below 6,000 feet. Transition from rain to snow in Prescott should occur after midnight with accumulation between 1-3 more...
Winter Weather
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 2:58 pm
Weather Update – Synopsis: Thursday – Precipitation is expected to begin around sunset on Thursday, Dec 13, 2012. Rain will quickly turn to snow at higher elevations above 6500 feet. Around midnight cold air will cause snow levels to quickly drop to around 4,000 feet. Snow will begin to wane in the early hours of Friday at the lower elevations. Temps are more...
Weather Synopsis for Dec 13, 2012
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 2:51 pm
Weather Update – Synopsis: Thursday – Precipitation is expected to begin around sunset on Thursday, Dec 13, 2012. Rain will quickly turn to snow at higher elevations above 6500 feet. Around midnight cold air will cause snow levels to quickly drop to around 4,000 feet. Snow will begin to wane in the early hours of Friday at the lower elevations. Temps are more...
FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
Posted on May 24, 2012 | 3:34 pm
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 243 PM MST THU MAY 24 2012 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN STATES WILL KEEP NORTHERN ARIZONA UNDER A WINDY AND DRY PATTERN THROUGH SATURDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL more...
LIGHTNING INFORMATION AND SAFETY RULES
Posted on June 29, 2011 | 3:43 pm
One aspect of thunderstorms is lightning. Each year, about 400 people in the U.S. are struck by lightning while working outside, at sports events, at the lake, mountain climbing or biking, mowing the lawn or during other outdoor activities. Nearly 80 lightning strike victims are killed and several hundred are left to cope with permanent disabilities. Many of these more...
Colder Temperature and Moisture Possible
Posted on May 3, 2011 | 10:00 am
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. TODAY AND TONIGHT NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WIDESPREAD STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING ARIZONA FROM THE NORTHWEST. FRIDAY AND more...
Change in the weather is to be expected
Posted on February 17, 2011 | 4:21 pm
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. . TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS BE EXPECTED. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST TODAY more...
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Posted on February 1, 2011 | 7:22 am
430 AM MST TUE FEB 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. TODAY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY more...
Urgent winter weather message
Posted on December 29, 2010 | 4:36 pm
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ POSTED - 647 AM MST WED DEC 29 2010 AREAS: KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE..GRAND CANYON more...
Winter Storm
Posted on December 29, 2010 | 2:46 pm
STRONG WINTER STORM BRINGS HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1245 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010 A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST TODAY AND TOMORROW PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL DOWN TO THE LOWEST VALLEYS BY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS more...
Winter storm map
Posted on December 28, 2010 | 4:29 pm
Winter Storm Map Predicted snowfall totals Wednesday AM through Thursday (National Weather Service - Flagstaff, AZ) [caption id="attachment_400" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Click to view larger more...
Bad weather
Posted on December 28, 2010 | 6:56 am
URGENT WINTER WEATHER ALERT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 353 AM MST TUE DEC 28 2010 A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ABOVE 5000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. more...
Winter weather on the way!
Posted on December 27, 2010 | 4:23 pm
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 329 AM MST MON DEC 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MODERATE TO more...
Cold front 11/8/2010
Posted on November 8, 2010 | 4:33 pm
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY BRINGING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1000 more...
Tornado warning issued by National Weather Service
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 7:11 am
TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO AND EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTIES... AT 700 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 more...
Weather Update
Posted on October 5, 2010 | 9:35 am
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CALIFORNIA WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE more...
Storm possible
Posted on September 21, 2010 | 9:48 am
60% CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE THROUGH ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY. DEEP SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH ARIZONA IN RESPONSE TO THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A RESULT. AS more...
Flash flood alert
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 10:51 am
Flash Flood Watch FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AS WELL AS THE COCONINO PLATEAU...WESTERN AND EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM...GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK AND OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS. * UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE more...
Tornado heading for Jerome
Posted on August 6, 2010 | 8:52 am
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM MST FOR CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY... AT 843 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESCOTT VALLEY... MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES WEST OF JEROME BY 855 AM more...
Moisture to continue
Posted on July 20, 2010 | 10:24 am
TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLATEAUS IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND more...
Weather outlook for Northern AZ
Posted on June 21, 2010 | 11:10 am
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLATEAUS IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING more...
Hazardous weather outlook
Posted on March 9, 2010 | 6:50 am
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY SPREADING RAIN...SNOW AND OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 4000 FEET ELEVATION WITH THIS more...
Rain and snow levels
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 10:59 am
924 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...TWO WINTER STORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA SINCE TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK...PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. SOILS ARE MOIST TO NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST AREAS AND HEAVY SNOW PACK HAS DEVELOPED IN ELEVATION ABOVE 5500 FEET. A THIRD AND MUCH STRONGER AND WETTER STORM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY THROUGH more...
Flood Warning
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 10:45 am
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT 330 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AGUA FRIA RIVER ABOVE ROCK SPRINGS. * UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 2:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST. THE more...
Flood warning remains in effect
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 9:44 am
913 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MST FRIDAY FOR YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES... AT 800 PM MST WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED. A COLD FRONT CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH YAVAPAI COUNTY. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE ALREADY OBSERVED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AREA...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 more...
Winter weather
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 7:39 am
AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND NORTH THROUGH THE DAY 515 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. TODAY THE FIRST PART OF A HUGE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY AFFECTING MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS MORNING. AREAS more...
Flood watch remains in effect
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 7:14 am
643 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS MAINLY BELOW 6500 FEET... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING: MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT ABOVE 5000 FEET THIS MORNING AND RISE TO more...
Possible Flooding
Posted on January 20, 2010 | 10:30 am
Weather Alert - Flash Flooding Possible TWO WINTER STORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA SINCE TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK...PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. SOILS ARE MOIST TO NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST AREAS. A THIRD AND MUCH STRONGER MOIST WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT NORTHERN ARIZONA STARTING THURSDAY MORNING...AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAYAFTERNOON. THIS more...
