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FXUS65 KTWC 191028
AFDTWC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
330 AM MST SUN MAY 19 2013

.SYNOPSIS...EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. A
GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL ALSO PREVAIL...WITH ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES TO OCCUR DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE WEEK.

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.DISCUSSION...DRY NW FLOW ALOFT TODAY AND MONDAY AS A COUPLE OF
SHORT WAVE TROFS MOVE THROUGH THE 4-CORNERS REGION. HIGHS TODAY
SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...THEN A FEW DEGREES WARMER ON MONDAY. WARMUP TO
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN HOLDING STEADY THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK. STRONGEST WINDS DURING HE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AS STRONGER UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVES INLAND OVER THE WESTERN
CONUS.

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.AVIATION...SKC THRU SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR 20/00Z. SFC WND THIS
AFTERNOON WLY/NWLY 10-18 KTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KTS...STRONGEST
WIND EAST OF KTUS. OTHERWISE...SURFACE WIND LESS THAN 10 KTS.
AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.

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.FIRE WEATHER...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK
ALONG WITH A GRADUAL DAILY WARMING TREND. DAYTIME MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS
WITH FAIR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. EXPECT NORMAL DIURNAL WIND TRENDS
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS DUE TO STRONG DAYTIME HEATING.
SOMEWHAT STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY RETURN THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS NORTHWEST OF THE AREA.

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

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