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MID DAY ARIZONA WEATHER DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1030 AM MST THU MAR 28 1996

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARIZONA THROUGH NOON...
 
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN OREGON EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY MOVED SOUTHEASTWARD
INTO SOUTHWEST UTAH EARLY THIS MORNING. IT HAS SHIFTED MOSTLY TO THE
EAST AND WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE 4 CORNERS AREA AS OF LATE MORNING.
IT IS FORECAST TO BE OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO BY THIS EVENING. THE
TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHWARD OF THIS LOW CENTER INTO ARIZONA. A COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH EASTERN
ARIZONA THIS MORNING AND WILL BE OUT OF THE STATE BY LATE IN THE DAY. 
 
THE MAIN WEATHER EVENT WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN WINDS....WITH SPEEDS
EXCEEDING 40 MPH IN SOME AREAS OF THE STATE. EVEN IN SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA...WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO OVER 35 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN SOME
SHOWERS OF RAIN AND SNOW IN NORTHERN ARIZONA...THOUGH AMOUNTS HAVE
BEEN ON THE LIGHT SIDE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED IN THE
NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. 

COLDER TEMPERATURES WERE NOTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. AS OF LATE
MORNING...STATIONS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA WERE NEARLY 20 DEGREES COLDER
THEN 24 HOURS AGO...WHILE CENTRAL ARIZONA WAS DOWN ABOUT 10 TO 15
DEGREES. COOLING IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WAS LESS...AS THE COLD FRONT
WAS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THROUGH THAT AREA OF THE STATE. 

HIGHER PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE
THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
MAY BRING SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS AND JUST SLIGHT COOLING TO THE REGION
ABOUT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...BUT STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILtL
BRING UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA LATER ON NEXT WEEK.
 
BOB BERKOVITZ