Arizona Weather Force

Arizona Weather Force has issued a Thunderstorm Watch effective for the following zones. Zones issued for:  Kingman, all of Yavapai County, including Chino Valley and Prescott … Discussion:  A cutoff system to the southwest of here is moving through the forecast area, which is causing the onshore flow and low clouds within Southern California’s metros today.  This same system is going […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued a La Nina Advisory, the second in the step to a warning as a developing La Nina has been detected. Latest sea surface temperature maps show fast declining numbers, which is indicating that El Nino is officially over and that we will skip straight into a La Nina at least in the next month or so.  […]

Northern lights were visible as far south as Puerto Rico last night, and across Arizona.  They are likely to return again with the next coronal mass ejection arrival between the hours of 10pm and 5am overnight tonight, May 11th, 2024, to sunrise May 12th, 2024, but I am forecasting two main events during that period that no one else is […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued the final monsoon outlook for the 2024 season, and it is anything but pleasant for most. Hiking on the heels of 2010, 1988, and 1973, we are looking at a declining El Nino to what might be the strongest La Nina in recorded history.  As such, this will make less hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific, […]

Arizona Weather Force is tracking a ridge of high pressure that will develop over the Western United States during the weekend of May 11th, and going on for several days after that, which will push the metro zones of Arizona’s lower terrain through the century mark. It is that time of year again.  With a hot summer ahead for Arizona […]

An inside slider system will graze the state of Arizona to the north, generating 30 mph+ wind gusts across the entire state today. A system sliding to the north (hence inside slider name) will bring sinking air through the state today.  This air, sinking out of the west, will be the reason for the strong wind gusts.  Level 6 or […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued the final forecast in relation to the early initial forecast on a storm system that will start tonight in Western Arizona, shoving eastward through the night and into tomorrow (Easter Sunday).  Rain and snow maps are available for this event, but since it has already been predicted here at Arizona Weather Force beforehand (Reference A Below), […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued a Special Weather Statement effective Easter Sunday into the Monday after as a storm system is going to impact the state. A storm system way out in the Pacific will slam California on Saturday into Sunday.  As it exits California, the first area to receive the front will be the Colorado River Valley zones and […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued the final forecast for a system that will enter the forecast area on this evening, maximizing overnight and into Sunday. Rain, Wind, and Snow models have been finalized. A few pointers on this one.  This is also a thunderstorm watch for the locations specified on the graphic within this write-up.  Some of these thunderstorms will […]

Arizona Weather Force has issued a Thunderstorm Watch effective for a large area of Arizona, for the following areas; All of the higher elevations of the rim zones, including Alpine, Show Low, Strawberry/Payson, I-17/Flagstaff-Sedona-Cottonwood-Camp Verde, and Prescott … Gila County … Apache and Navajo County … Central to Northern half of Maricopa County, outside chance San Tan Valley … A […]