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FXUS65 KPSR 192115
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
215 PM MST WED JUN 19 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DRY WEATHER AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA.

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.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
A RATHER LARGE AND ENERGETIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY. FAR REMOVED
AT OUR LATITUDE...DRY WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL DOMINATE WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
MONSOON MOISTURE ACROSS MEXICO WILL CREEP NORTH TOWARD THE SOUTHERN
AZ BORDER. SOME MINOR MOISTURE INTRUSIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST
AZ...HOWEVER ANY TSTM POTENTIAL IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY ZONE 24 UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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.AVIATION...
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING KPHX...KIWA AND KSDL...
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA INCLUDING KIPL AND KBLH...

CLEAR SKIES WILL PERSIST ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING. OVERALL LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED...WITH LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING BREEZES AOB 15KTS ACROSS KPHX...KSDL...KIWA. DIURNAL
WIND DIRECTIONS EXPECTED AS WELL WITH BRIEF TRANSITION BETWEEN
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST DIRECTIONS FOR KPHX BEFORE 03Z.

AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.

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.FIRE WEATHER...
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
VERY DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE WORKING INTO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA OVER THE WEEKEND. INDICATIONS ARE THAT ONLY
LOCATIONS IN FAR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO WOULD BE AFFECTED
BY THIS MOISTURE. THEREFORE...DRY WEATHER...CLEAR SKIES...LIGHTER
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. MINIMUM AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...WITH FAIR TO POOR
OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.

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.PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

AZ...NONE.

CA...NONE.

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AVIATION...DEWEY
FIRE WEATHER...DEWEY

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