Arizona Weather Force has issued four type of weather alerts for the state of Arizona for July 16, 2024, read on for details.
Zones Affected: Eastern half of Pima County, including Tucson – Santa Cruz County – Cochise County – Graham and Greenlee County – Mogollon Rim – Phoenix Metro – Coconino County – Mojave County near Kingman –
Discussion: Extremely tough setup this morning already. Thunderstorms have moved through the Tucson Metro zones, which can easily alter intensity of the boundary layer during the afternoon and evening. This would typically make the atmosphere stable, so I will diminish your intensity of storms to a Thunderstorm Watch as you will be on the northern outskirts. However, if you are in the Vail or Pantano zones of the Tucson forecast area, you have a much better chance of severe thunderstorms later today.
The main focus is indeed Cochise and Santa Cruz County today. Again, like yesterday, Sierra Vista and surrounding looks like ground zero. Some of these storms will have low-level shear, which will make it possible for a tornado scenario. Thus, Arizona Weather Force has once again gone Tornado Watch.
Nominal monsoon induced storms will form across the higher terrain and rim today, much like yesterday. Some of the outflow with these storms may work with instability and convergence over the Phoenix area this evening or tonight to produce isolated pop-up showers or thunderstorms. Again, hit and miss for most of you today except in the Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Watch zones.
Long Range: Expecting a return of Maricopa County storms to be widespread this weekend and into next week as a deeper moisture flow works in. Stay tuned to Arizona Weather Force for that forecast outline within the next day.
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