Winter Weather Advisory issued January 12 at 1:30PM MST until January 15 at 11:00AM MST by NWS Tucson Arizona
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 7000 FEET. * TIMING...A FEW LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING, WITH SNOW SHOWERS INCREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN HIGHEST PEAKS. * SNOW LEVELS...STARTING OUT AROUND 8000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...FALLING TO 7500 FEET AROUND SUNSET SATURDAY BEFORE BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 5500 TO 6000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB
This will make for some great opportunities to take pictures of snow-covered cactus if you’re willing to climb a little bit. A lot?
Don’t you just love these Arizona place names?
WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES-
GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS-
DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS-
CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM...
MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN
130 PM MST THU JAN 12 2017
BTTT