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FXUS65 KTWC 181301 CCA
AFDTWC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
240 AM MST SAT MAY 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES
AGAIN TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL THEN
DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK AND GUIDE TEMPERATURES BACK TO WELL ABOVE
AVERAGE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...UPPER TROF WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY BRINGING
COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND A BIT OF A BREEZE. CLOUD COVER OVER
THE AREA HAS BEEN THINNING SINCE LAST NIGHT AND SHOULD BE EAST INTO
NEW MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON. GRADUAL WARMUP WILL START OF SUNDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO MID-WEEK WHERE TUCSON WILL ONCE AGAIN THREATEN
TRIPLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...SCTD TO LCLY BKN CLOUDS ABOVE 15KFT AGL WILL PUSH ON
EAST TODAY WITH SKC CONDITIONS LIKELY BY 19/00Z. SFC WIND TERRAIN
DRIVEN LESS THAN 10 KTS THRU 18/16Z THEN W-SW 10-20 KTS WITH HIGHER
GUSTS AGAIN AFTER 18/18Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF
AMENDMENTS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A DRY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE
TODAY AND BE EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. WHILE THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
DRY...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF THIS WEEKEND WITH CONTINUED BREEZY
TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
INTO WEDNESDAY.

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

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