FXUS65 KFGZ 212241
AFDFGZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
340 PM MST WED OCT 21 2009

.SYNOPSIS...LOOK FOR DRY WEATHER WITH OCCASIONAL CIRRUS CLOUDS 
ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES 
WILL WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FROM THURSDAY THROUGH 
SATURDAY. 

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.DISCUSSION...TROUGHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WILL 
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OFF THE 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTLINE TO OUR WEST. WE CAN EXPECT DRY 
CONDITIONS AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES A NUMBER OF DEGREES ABOVE 
NORMAL INTO THE WEEKEND...AS A PREDOMINANTLY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW 
ALOFT PERSISTS. OCCASIONAL UPPER-LEVEL CLOUDINESS CAN BE EXPECTED AS 
WELL. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCES MAY BRUSH 
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WITH THE MAIN IMPACT BEING 
COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES...THOUGH SOME SLIGHT CHANCES FOR 
PRECIPITATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. A STRONGER SYSTEM IS INDICATED IN 
SOME OF THE EXTENDED RANGE MODELS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AND 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHETHER THIS SCENARIO BECOMES MORE 
LIKELY OVER THE COMING DAYS.

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.AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE 
FORECAST PERIOD. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS.

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.FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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PUBLIC.................KD
AVIATION...............DB

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