ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COMMENCE INTO THE EVENING…MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARIZONA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH BUT ONLY VERY ISOLATED RAINFALL. HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AS LOW AS 8000 FEET.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS ON WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 35 MPH BY AFTERNOON…WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. BLOWING DUST WILL AFFECT THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN ARIZONA…AND A DUST STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHINLE VALLEY. PLEASE SEE THE PRODUCT PHXNPWFGZ FOR MORE DETAILS.

COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE BY LATE AFTERNOON…WITH SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ARIZONA.