Arizona Weather Force

The June 2020 Pattern will be more of the same with above normal temperatures.  This Summer 2020 will be one of the hottest Summers in the Southwestern United States as the upper jet stream (unlike last year) will be pushed far enough north to allow for ridging to take hold, with less chances of troughs developing west of California.   The […]

Issued Zones:  Tucson, Nogales, Sierra Vista Forecast Zones … Site:  Arizona Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Advisory effective now through later evening … Date:  5/31/20 at 8:50am PT Forecast: Moisture linger across the area will work with the terrain and up the instability to bring hail, strong winds, blow dust at times, and heavy rain.  A Severe Thunderstorm […]

Issued Zones:  Eastern half of Arizona … Site:  Arizona Weather Force has issued a Weather Advisory effective today through the weekend .. Date:  5/29/20 at 8:30am PT Forecast: Tropical moisture over the Eastern half of Arizona starting today and going through the weekend will bring the risk and upswing of shower and thunderstorm activity.  Storms are not expected to be […]

Arizona is having the heat this week and by the end month, mostly beginning of June we will see a pattern change, which could sneak up some moisture up out of Mexico.  This cutoff system is between Hawaii and California right now.  A  separate cutoff low will be lifted this weekend up through Northern California and the Pacific Northwest where […]

As stated over at Southern California Weather Force on May 19th, the Southwest Desert would have a ridge build in with a cutoff system for southerly flow.  This would up the temperatures dramatically and for the Phoenix areas to the CO River Valley, they will breach the 110F mark this next week so read on for details. Well you know […]

Your forecast on May 6th called for weekend high-based thunderstorm activity across the state and this is showing up as expected.  Arizona Weather Force has issued a Dry Thunderstorm Watch effective Sunday for the entire state of Arizona. A forecast was released of the state having a fire weather risk with high-based ‘dry lightning’ events, which means little rain, but […]

Issued Zones:  Extreme Southeast Arizona … Site:  Arizona Weather Force has issued a Thunderstorm Watch effective now … Date:  5/8/20 at 11:55am PT Forecast: A brief intrusion of tropical moisture out of Mexico will bring an upswing in thunderstorm activity later this afternoon and mainly this evening across a small part of Southeast Arizona from Nogales, Sierra Vista, and Douglas.  […]

The first heatwave of the season will strike starting this end week into the weekend so a good week from now. The heatwave will continue to build in strength through early week (April 26th onward through the end of the month as a ridge of high pressure remains static over the area. This is your ‘see-saw’ pattern I discussed would […]

Issued Zones:  Low Terrain of Arizona … Globe … Site:  Arizona Weather Force has issued a Flood Watch effective Wednesday … Date:  3/15/20 at 12:40pm PT Forecast: A pacific system will approach the region on Wednesday.  This will start off activity in Western Arizona and spread through the day across the rest of the state.  Given the magnitude of the […]

Issued Zones:  Arizona Mountain Rim Cities To The North Rim Of The Grand Canyon Site:  Arizona Weather Force has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective starting Wednesday … Date:  3/15/20 at 11:00am PT Forecast: A cold system will reach the area by mid- week.  The snow levels with it in the beginning on Wednesday will be around 5,300 to 5,700 […]