Plan for a Stormy Monday & Tuesday

FROM KRBC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST RANDY TURNER ..

WE ARE IN FOR A WET PERIOD OF WEATHER FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY HERE IN THE BIG COUNTRY. THE GOOD NEWS IS RAIN IS LIKELY, THE BAD NEWS IS WE MAY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH SEVERE WEATHER, HAIL AND HIGH WINDS, TO GET THE GOOD RAIN. A COMPLEX PATTERN IS SETTING UP. HERE ARE THE INGREDIENTS...

1. UPPER LEVEL LOW OUT IN ARIZONA TONIGHT WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MEXICO BY TOMORROW - CAUSING A FEW STORMS LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN OUR AREA.
2. A DRY LINE WILL DEVELOP WEST OF OUR AREA TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST TOMORROW, CAUSING STORMS.
3. A COLD FRONT ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BRINGING MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
4. BY TUESDAY NIGHT - THE RAIN IS EAST AND WE WILL HAVE HOPEFULLY RECEIVED APPRECIABLE RAINFALL TOTALS, AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES IN MANY AREAS.

BUT IT ISN'T JUST RAIN - MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT, BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS - HAIL, HIGH WINDS, ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AND STORMS LOOKS TO BE MONDAY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES - MILD TONIGHT AS MOISTURE SURGES INTO THE AREA, AROUND 60. HIGH MONDAY NEAR 73. AROUND 50 MONDAY NIGHT AND NEAR 60 AS COOLER AIR ARRIVES TUESDAY. 70'S MIDWEEK, NEAR 80 BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.