PHOENIX — The Valley is in for one more warm day before a run of storms brings rain chances and cooler air to Arizona, forecasters said Thursday.
Thursday is expected to be the warmest day of the week, with a high near 86 degrees in Phoenix, seven degrees above normal, according to the Arizona’s Family First Alert Weather team. Skies will be sunny with east winds of 10 to 15 mph.
Friday cools slightly to about 80 degrees. A slight chance of light rain and an isolated thunderstorm or two arrives Friday afternoon and evening, with rain chances near 40% in the Valley Friday night. Totals are expected to be just a few hundredths of an inch.
A separate low-pressure system keeps rain in the forecast Saturday, which Arizona’s Family has declared a First Alert Weather Day. Valley rainfall should stay light, but northern and eastern Arizona could see a half-inch to an inch of rain.
Sunday looks like a break between storms, with mostly sunny skies and a high near 74 degrees.
Another storm is expected to move in Monday night, bringing rain chances from late Monday through early Wednesday. Forecasters say it looks like a colder system that could drop Valley highs into the upper 60s by midweek.
The rain follows early-November storms that flooded parts of northern Arizona and damaged State Route 89A in Oak Creek Canyon, which remains partly closed. Drivers heading north this weekend should check az511.gov before leaving.
Sources: Arizona’s Family. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
Photo: NPS Climate Change Response / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
