Heat advisory for today and tomorrow

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by esselcue

Up here in Yavapai County (5200 feet elevation in Prescott) our local predictions are cooler (70's), possible T-storms, but snow is ridiculous. Someone is smoking their socks. I hope it pours rain...the older I get the more I dislike the summer heat and dust.

Are they predicting snow in Prescott? I was planning to go my cabin on Friday and watching the forecast for there - north of Strawberry at 6800 feet. It keeps getting colder and snowier. They are now saying rain early turning to snow after 11am. This is just amazing by historical norms. Places near Flag had 6 inches just last week. Now again?

[Steve-o]

Thats insane, really it is. Snow in late May???? YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Thats insane, really it is. Snow in late May???? YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's so weird that it's more fascinating than "YUCK". And it won't last more than a couple hours. Still, we were thinking of spring cleaning the lot and doing some outside work, and that may have to change.

Rain in Phoenix is even more insane. According to the NWS there has only been one day in the entire weather history when it rained on 5/23.

[esselcue]

No, no snow predicted in Prescott...but one of the earlier posters said snow was predicted for the mountains. I seriously doubt that. We could use rain...even an early T-storm would be welcome as long as it doesn't set off a fire.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by esselcue

No, no snow predicted in Prescott...but one of the earlier posters said snow was predicted for the mountains. I seriously doubt that. We could use rain...even an early T-storm would be welcome as long as it doesn't set off a fire.

Doubt if you must, but here is a quote from the Flagstaff forecast discussion:

.AND SNOW LEVELS WILL
GRADUALLY FALL TO THEIR LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE EVENT AROUND EARLY
FRIDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE
ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. STORM TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY APPROACHING 1 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES ON SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES CAN BE EXPECTED.
IN FACT...RESIDENTS ALONG THE HIGH COUNTRY OF THE MOGOLLON RIM AND
ELSEWHERE MAY VERY WELL WAKE UP FRIDAY MORNING WITH THERE SECOND
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FROM THIS MONTH OF MAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET BY THE
END OF THE EVENT...WITH LESSER VALUES NEAR AND JUST ABOVE 7000 FEET.

[Ponderosa]

Updated from this mornings forecast discussion:


NEWEST MODEL DATA INDICATES MUCH COLDER TEMPS ALOFT RESULTING IN
LOWER SNOW LEVELS. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 8000-9000 FEET
TODAY FALLING TO AROUND 7000 FEET ON FRIDAY. BASED ON THESE LOWER
SNOW LEVELS AND THE EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PCPN...A SNOW
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE KAIBAB PLATEAU...MOGOLLON RIM...AND
WHITE MOUNTAINS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A 2-6 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 6-12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...12-18
INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS.

AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING.


Sorry to bore you with this. I am an amateur weather geek and this storm is nothing short of fascinating. I need to share.

[esselcue]

We just have different interpretations of "mountains"...ha! 7,000 to over 8,000 feet...possible indeed. When you get higher than 8000 feet you can have snow year round. Hawaii even has that. It was blissfully cool here in the Prescott area last night...but no rain and no snow . Perhaps yet to come...hope so, we need every drop of rain we can get!

[motormaker]

Well, about 11:30 in So CA we just experianced a very heavy thunder and lightning storm with lots of rain and it's moving east. So you might want to look for it.

[esselcue]

Bring it on!!!

[LordBalfor]

Weather radar show rain over Oro Valley and the Catalina Foothills - as does the UofA webcam

Arizona Webcam

Ken