000 FLUS45 KTWC 092143 HWOTWC HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 243 PM MST THU JUL 9 2009 AZZ019-030-035-101200- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-COCHISE COUNTY- 243 PM MST THU JUL 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS COCHISE... GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. DRIER AIR ALOFT AND RATHER FAST STORM MOTIONS WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS APPROACHING 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL LEAD TO NEAR RECORD HIGHS RANGING FROM 100 IN THE COCHISE COUNTY VALLEYS TO 11O IN THE GILA RIVER VALLEY. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL ALSO BE UNUSUALLY WARM. IF THESE TEMPERATURES MATERIALIZE...HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES THIS WEEKEND. EMERGENCY MANAGERS...HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS...AND THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THIS HEAT WAVE. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUPPRESSED AND MAINLY LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND...BUT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK A MORE FAVORABLE AND TYPICAL MONSOON FLOW PATTERN WILL RESUME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. $$ AZZ029-033-034-101200- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY- 243 PM MST THU JUL 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DESPITE DRIER AIR PUSHING INTO THE SANTA CRUZ VALLEY AND THE TUCSON METRO AREA...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH A COUPLE OF THEM PUSHING NORTH INTO THE VALLEYS BEFORE DISSIPATING. STRONG BUT HIGHLY LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL LEAD TO NEAR RECORD HIGHS RANGING FROM 100 IN EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...TO NEAR 110 IN CENTRAL TUCSON...AND 114 IN SOUTHWEST PINAL COUNTY. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL ALSO BE UNUSUALLY WARM. IF THESE TEMPERATURES MATERIALIZE...HEAT ADVISORIES WOULD BE NECESSARY OVER MUCH OF PIMA AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTIES THIS WEEKEND. EMERGENCY MANAGERS... HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS...AND THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THIS HEAT WAVE. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUPPRESSED AND MAINLY LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND...BUT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK A MORE FAVORABLE AND TYPICAL MONSOON FLOW PATTERN WILL RESUME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. $$ AZZ031-032-101200- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION- 243 PM MST THU JUL 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA NOW THAT A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS HAS SPREAD INTO WESTERN PIMA COUNTY. THUS...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN NEAR RECORD HIGHS RANGING FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES THIS WEEKEND. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. IF THESE TEMPERATURES MATERIALIZE...HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED ON FRIDAY FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. EMERGENCY MANAGERS...HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS...AND THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK A MORE FAVORABLE AND TYPICAL MONSOON FLOW PATTERN WILL RESUME...AND ALONG WITH IT THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. $$ PYTLAK WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON