Snow and rain from winter storms helped ease drought conditions across Arizona over the holiday weekend, with the National Weather Service predicting mostly clear and sunny conditions for the rest of the week. .
Rain showers began in Metro Phoenix on Sunday, dropping an average of 0.16 inches. However, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was hit by heavy rain, with an 80% chance of rain forecast for the entire day, with an average rainfall of 0.31 inches for him.
“Recent rainfall has been very beneficial to the region, increasing soil moisture, improving forest health, and alleviating some of the short-term drought problems as long as we replenish some local water reservoirs. “It helps,” said Mark O’Malley, a meteorologist with the Phoenix Weather Service.
Rain will leave Phoenix by Tuesday afternoon, followed by sunny skies and cool temperatures for the rest of the week. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be sunny with afternoon highs in the mid to high 50s. Morning lows are in the late 30’s to mid 40’s.
Rain Helped Southern Arizona
Showers will continue into Tucson and parts of southern Arizona through Tuesday evening. After that, clear blue skies are expected for the rest of the week, with highs ranging from his mid-50s to his 60s.
Tucson Weather Service meteorologist Carl Cerniglia said the last few days of showers were two months’ worth of rain.
The rain “did a very good job of pulling us out of the prolonged drought conditions we had,” Cerniglia said.
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Clear skies after a snowstorm in northern Arizona
There should be more showers, but there’s no indication the drought-mitigating pattern will last much longer, explained Brian Klimovski, a meteorologist with the Weather Service in Flagstaff.
Flagstaff and northern Arizona will end their winter storm warnings, which were in effect on Sunday, on Tuesday.Snow showers or blizzards forecast Tuesday evening through 11 PM Monday evening
The snowstorm has put a winter storm warning in effect for areas near Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties through 11 p.m. Tuesday.
The snowstorm is expected to clear up completely on Wednesday, with highs of 32 degrees Celsius expected to return to clear skies. With the situation in Flagstaff more clear, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff His Mountain Campus plans to resume classes on Wednesday after postponing its start date.
When the snow falls, it melts and the snow angel immediately turns into water. As a result, the US National Weather Service issued a flood warning for areas near Gila County from Monday afternoon through 11 am Wednesday.
The chance of snow showers on Thursday is expected to return with a 20% chance between 11am and late afternoon, increasing to a 40% chance. There’s a 30% chance of a shower on Friday morning, but mostly sunny weather is expected for the weekend.
