The National Weather Service said scattered snowfall across northern Arizona will bring less than an inch of snow to parts of Yavapai and Coconino counties Saturday.

High temperatures in Flagstaff on Saturday will be limited to 40 degrees, a windy day and less than a half-inch of snow is possible, the paper said. weather service.

Up to 4 inches of snow is expected only on the Kaibab Plateau near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim and Arizona’s highest peaks.

There’s a 20% chance of snow late Saturday by 8 p.m., with clouds moving in by Sunday, ending a sunny but cold and windy weekend in Flagstaff.

Weather service meteorologists in Flagstaff said the weather will mostly be out of the state Sunday, but limited to the eastern Mogollon Rim and White Mountains, where less than an inch of snow is expected.

“Due to a less-than-ideal trajectory and a general lack of moisture in the atmosphere, the impact on winter weather will be minimal, with only light snow accumulation expected,” the weather service’s forecast discussion said. It is written.

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