Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Tucson, AZ
Issued by NWS Tucson, AZ
527 FXUS65 KTWC 040935 AFDTWC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tucson AZ 235 AM MST Thu Jun 4 2026 .SYNOPSIS...Chance of showers and thunderstorms today east and south of Tucson then dry Friday into next week. High temperatures near normal for much of the next 7 days. && .DISCUSSION...Morning satellite imagery showed debris clouds from last nights convection is slowly decreasing across the forecast area. At the surface, dewpoints ranged from 40s and lower 50s east of an Eloy to Nogales line while west of the line values were mostly in the 20s. PWAT values, per satellite, ranged 0.45" to 0.85". Today will be a little less active versus yesterday with the chance of afternoon/evening showers/storms being E and S of Tucson. Main threat from storms will be gusty outflow winds, blowing dust and brief moderate to heavy rain. Can`t rule out a severe wind gust, especially across southern Graham/Greenlee counties. Once again made adjustments to PoPs from the baseline NBM. Moisture pushes out of the area on Friday, but enough around for a slight chance of storms across the White mountains. The weekend into next week will be dry with high temperatures around normal the area between trofiness to the W/NW and high pressure to the E/SE. 8-14 day outlooks (June 11-17) Temperature: Likely above normal (54%-56% chance) Precipitation: Near normal (36% chance) && .AVIATION... Valid through 05/12Z. Debris cloud cover across 15k ft AGL will diminish thru 04/16z Aft 04/18z, cloud bases of 10k-12k ft AGL dvlpg with ISOLD to SCT -SHRA/TS mnly E and S of KTUS. Wind gusts up to 45 kts psbl near t-storms.Otherwise SFC winds ELY/SELY 8-12 kts thru 04/16z then WLY 8-12 kts with ocnl gusts to 20 kts. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF amendments. && .FIRE WEATHER...Chance of showers and thunderstorms east and south of Tucson today and then across the White mountains on Friday. Dry this weekend into next week. Min RH values will be in the 6-18 percent range in the valleys and in the 12-25 percent range in the mountains through this week. 20-foot winds will be the east to southeast this morning, west to southwest this afternoon with outflow winds up to 45 mph possible near any storms that develop. After today 20-foot winds generally be below 15 mph into the weekend. High temperatures will be around normal for the next 7 days. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && $$ Visit us on Facebook, X, YouTube, and at weather.gov/Tucson