000 FLUS45 KPSR 121230 HWOPSR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 530 AM MST WED NOV 12 2008 AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ031>033-130030- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 530 AM MST WED NOV 12 2008 /430 AM PST WED NOV 12 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST- CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FRIDAY...A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN NORTHERLY WINDS ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE LOCAL AREA. THIS COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS BEING MET LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT IF THRESHOLDS ARE MET IT WILL BE A MINOR EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX $$ INIGUEZ