Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 3 PM MST Wednesday...
Tonight
Breezy...snow. Snow accumulation 4 to 8 inches. Lows 15 to 21 above 7000 feet...around 24 below 7000 feet. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the morning...a chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation 2 to 4 inches. Storm total snow accumulation 8 to 14 inches. Highs 28 to 36 above 7000 feet...around 38 below 7000 feet. West winds around 15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow in the evening. No snow accumulation. Lows around 12 above 7000 feet...around 15 below 7000 feet. West winds around 15 mph early in the evening becoming light.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs 32 to 40. Light winds becoming north around 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mostly clear. Lows 6 to 12. North winds around 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
Christmas Day through Saturday
Mostly clear. Highs 34 to 40 above 7000 feet...around 43 below 7000 feet. Lows around 8 above above 7000 feet...9 to 15 below 7000 feet.
Saturday Night and Sunday
Partly cloudy. Lows around 10 above above 7000 feet...around 15 below 7000 feet. Highs 34 to 40 above 7000 feet...41 to 47 below 7000 feet.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow and rain. Lows around 16 above 7000 feet...around 20 below 7000 feet.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs 34 to 42 above 7000 feet...41 to 47 below 7000 feet.
Monday Night and Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow and rain. Lows around 17 above 7000 feet...around 20 below 7000 feet. Highs 33 to 42 above 7000 feet...41 to 47 below 7000 feet.
... Winter Weather Advisory for snow remains in effect until 3 PM MST this afternoon...
A Winter Weather Advisory for snow remains in effect until 3 PM MST this afternoon.
* Timing: light to moderate snowfall will continue through much of the day.
* Snow total accumulations: an additional snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches is possible by late this afternoon.
* Impacts: travel conditions will be hazardous due to slippery Road conditions.
A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means that periods of falling snow will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for slippery roads and limited visibilities. For the latest Road conditions and closures... visit the adot freeway management system at az511.Com. Additional weather information is on the web at weather.Gov/Flagstaff.
Record Report
Statement as of 10:00 am MST on December 22, 2009
... Record high low temperatures for northern Arizona on Dec 22 2009...
City (period of record) new high low previous record/year Petrified Forest (1931 - 2009) 37 37 (tied) in 1983
These records are preliminary pending official reports.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 9:50 PM MST on December 22, 2009
... 950 PM MST storm total snowfall summary from the winter storm...
Snow started to fall early Tuesday morning over northern Arizona and has continued across much of Arizona this evening. Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings will continue for most areas above 6000 feet tonight and into Wednesday morning. The greatest accumulations so far have been over the higher terrain near the Grand Canyon and west of Flagstaff... and along the central Mogollon Rim south and east of Flagstaff.
Some storm total snowfall reports received by 950 PM MST include:
Jacob Lake 15 to 16 inches (600 PM report) Grand Canyon South Rim 8 to 10 inches (600 PM report) 12 miles north of Parks 11 inches (830 PM report) Parks 10 inches (900 PM report) Munds Park 9 to 10 inches (945 PM report) Clints Well 8 inches (600 PM report) Williams 6 to 10 inches (900 PM report) Bellemont 7 inches (915 PM report) kachina Village 6.5 inches (900 PM report) Forest Lakes 5 inches (915 PM report) Show Low 5 inches (900 PM report) alpine 5 inches (910 PM report) Flagstaff west side 4 to 6 inches (920 PM report) St mary's mission (pinion) 4.5 inches (635 PM report) Heber 4 inches (900 PM report) Pine 4 inches (945 PM report) Strawberry 3 inches (900 PM report) Prescott (highland pines) 3 inches (600 PM report) Star Valley 2 to 3 inches (900 PM report) St Johns 2 inches (900 PM report) Payson 2 inches (600 PM report) Window Rock 2 inches (905 PM report) Flagstaff east side 1 inch (915 PM report) Doney Park 1 inch (900 PM report) Snowflake 1/2 inch (915 PM report)