Thursday, August 05, 2010

Interesting Forecast Discussions (FDs) From NWS Tucson

My only comment on these excerpts from recent FDs is that they have an aura of revisionist history to them (highlighting added):
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At 2 AM Wednesday August 4 - …MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE THAN ONE MIGHT NORMALLY SEE IN EARLY AUGUST MOST YEARS. ANOTHER DOWN DAY OR TWO IN THE WORKS BEFORE THE….
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At 902 AM Wednesday - …THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE QUIETEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH OUR BRIEFLY HIGHER DEWPOINTS THIS MORNING QUICKLY FALLING INTO THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON.
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At 255 PM Wednesday - …HAVE HAD A FEW MORE TSTMS THAN EXPECTED OVER THE FAR E CWA TODAY. TO MY MILD SURPRISE….
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At 830 PM Wednesday - …IT WAS A MORE ACTIVE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THAN EARLIER EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF COCHISE INTO SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED FIRST OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND WHILE THEY INITIALLY STRUGGLED IN LOWER ELEVATIONS THEY WERE LATER ENHANCED BY OUTFLOW COLLISIONS. THIS RESULTED IN SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS NEAR PEARCE-SUNSITES AND MOST RECENTLY NEAR SIERRA VISTA.
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At 2 AM Thursday - ….AS EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS STARTED TO CREEP BACK INTO THE PICTURE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS THIS PAST AFTERNOON AND EVENING……

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