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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
416 AM MST SAT APR 12 2003

...STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT...

AFTER A WARM WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SEVERAL DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL...A LARGE AND COLD STORM SYSTEM MOVING DOWN THE WEST
COAST WILL TURN EAST ACROSS ARIZONA MONDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF IT...WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON SUNDAY AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY ON
MONDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO A
DISTINCT POSSIBILITY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE THEN EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW VALLEY LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO A
THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT MOST AREAS WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS...
AND THE RAIN WILL ONLY LAST A COUPLE OF HOURS AT MOST. AS SNOW LEVELS
FALL TO AROUND 6000 FEET MONDAY NIGHT...A FEW INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW
COULD ACCUMULATE ON THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS NORTH AND EAST OF
TUCSON. SKIES WILL CLEAR ON TUESDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE AS
MUCH AS 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND 15 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN
THEY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL FOR THE REST OF NEXT WEEK.

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