999 
ABUS30 KPHX 232338 
SWSAZ 
 
LATE AFTERNOON ARIZONA WEATHER SUMMARY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 
430 PM MST TUE DEC 22 1998 
 
.SYNOPSIS...
COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE AS A DRY
WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  A
WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE CHRISTMAS DAY AND SATURDAY AS A HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE PACIFIC MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES.  HIGH CLOUDINESS FROM THE PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR
NIGHTS AND SUNNY DAYS ARE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY.

.SUMMARY...
CLEAR SKIES WERE REPORTED STATEWIDE TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WHERE CONSIDERABLE HIGH CLOUDS SPREAD INTO THE AREA
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 

OTHERWISE...A WEAK DRY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COVERED ARIZONA TODAY
RESULTING IN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 TO 12 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.  AT 4 PM FLAGSTAFF WAS 31 DEGREES...THE SOUTH RIM OF THE
GRAND CANYON WAS 35...KINGMAN 39...AND PHOENIX AND TUCSON 53.

THE STORM TRACK OVER ARIZONA IS FORECAST TO RETREAT NORTHWARD THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS RESULTING IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND A SLOW WARMING
TREND CHRISTMAS DAY AND THE WEEKEND.
 

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THE NWS PHOENIX FORECAST OFFICE WILL CEASE ISSUING THE ARIZONA
WEATHER SUMMARY...PHXSWSAZ...ON DECEMBER 24. THE LAST SCHEDULED
ISSUANCE OF THE ARIZONA WEATHER SUMMARY WILL BE DECEMBER 23...1998
...AT 430 PM MST.

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