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FPUS65 KFGZ 221634
SFTFGZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
930 AM MST MON FEB 22 2016

.SYNOPSIS...EXPECT COOLER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY
NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST WINDS. WARMING WILL RETURN STARTING
THURSDAY AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY.

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.DISCUSSION... GUSTY NW SFC WINDS ARE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING ACROSS
THE HIGH COUNTRY. THESE DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF A DRY COLD FRONT
THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY. TODAYS FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. 

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.PREV DISCUSSION...530 AM THE UPPER RIDGE THAT WAS OVER THE REGION
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE SUPPRESSED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS
AS A LARGE AND COLD TROUGH MOVES DOWN THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. EXPECT NORTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY
TODAY...USHERING IN COOLER AIR. EVEN COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN
OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY...AS WELL AS BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS. THE
COLDER AIR ALOFT WITH THIS TROUGH WILL BRUSH THE NORTHEAST ZONES
TODAY AND TUESDAY...A FEW SHALLOW CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPS LATER
THIS WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THIS TROUGH. THIS WILL BRING WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND LESS WIND BACK THE AREA.

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.AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS....THOUGH ISOLD -SHRA POSSIBLE IN THE FOUR CORNERS
THIS AFTERNOON. SFC WINDS WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS
GUSTING 20 TO 30 KNOTS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH 03Z
TUES. AFT 03Z...SFC WINDS N-NE 10-20KT GUSTS TO 30KT ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE MOGOLLON RIM....SLOWER SPEEDS ELSEWHERE. AVIATION DISCUSSION
NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.

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.FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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PUBLIC...DL PETERSON 
AVIATION...DL RICKEY


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