076 SXUS45 KFGZ 152231 RECFGZ AZZ401-000000- Recreational Forecast for Grand Canyon National Park National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 330 PM MST Fri Feb 15 2019 Grand Canyon Backcountry- .Tonight...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening...snow and rain showers likely after midnight. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Snow level 4600 feet after midnight. Southwest winds around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers in the morning...a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the evening...mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning...a chance of snow showers and showers in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers and showers likely in the evening...a chance of snow showers after midnight. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. TEMPERATURE Low High Low High Low High Phantom Ranch 43 52 38 49 37 47 Indian Garden 38 45 33 41 32 39 Near Rim 28 36 23 32 24 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Canyon Rim- .Tonight...Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely. Snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning...a slight chance of snow showers in the afternoon. West winds around 15 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in the evening...mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers after midnight. West winds around 15 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance of snow 20 percent. .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely in the evening...a chance of snow showers after midnight. Chance of snow 60 percent. .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. TEMPERATURE Low High Low High Low High South Rim 21 35 15 32 17 31 North Rim 19 30 13 26 14 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF $$ = AZZ402-000000- San Francisco Peaks Recreational Forecast National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 331 PM MST Fri Feb 15 2019 .SYNOPSIS...Expect partly cloudy and generally dry conditions today. Areas rivers and streams will continue to run high. A fast moving cold front will bring a few inches of new snow to the high country late tonight, with scattered snow showers then continuing Saturday afternoon. A much stronger storm will bring significant accumulating snow and very cold air to much of the region Sunday afternoon afternoon through Monday. .Friday Night...Partly cloudy early this evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Breezy. A chance of snow showers this evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. A chance of snow showers late in the night. Snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches. Chance of snow 70 percent. Minimum ridge-top wind chill around -28. .Saturday...Mostly sunny. A chance of snow showers. Chance of snow 40 percent. Minimum ridge-top wind chill around -23. .Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Minimum ridge-top wind chill around -23. .Sunday...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Minimum ridge-top wind chill around -32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- High and low temperature forecasts for selected locations. Ridge-top winds and windchill included for 12000 FT. Fri night Sat Sat night Sun 12000 FT (RIDGE-TOP) 2 F 4 F 0 F -1 F Wind mph W 57 W 26 W 24 SW 32 Min wind chill -28F -23F -23F -32F 10000 FT 14 F 20 F 8 F 16 F 7500 FT 24 F 35 F 17 F 29 F ++Ridge-top winds are the average conditions over 12 hours in the free air at 12000 ft. Wind Speeds at the lower elevations will be very dependent on wind direction. They may be stronger than the ridge-top winds downwind of the ridgeline and weaker on the upwind side. Forecast elevations listed above are approximate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- .Extended forecast... .Sunday Night and Washingtons Birthday...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers. .Monday Night and Tuesday...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. .Tuesday Night and Wednesday...Partly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. .Wednesday Night and Thursday...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely. .Thursday Night and Friday...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely. -------------------------------------------------------------------- weather.gov/flagstaff $$ =