With the month of May winding to a close, the Desert Southwest is in the midst of peak pre-monsoon wildfire season. While a pattern shift favoring monsoon rains is appearing in longer-term outlooks, the near term continues a dry and hazardous pattern. Residents and visitors to Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado could be affected.
Friday’s Overall Setup
Building high pressure and a tightening pressure gradient will kick up southerly winds through much of the Colorado Plateau on Friday. This will be reinforced by an approaching elongated upper-level trough extending from the Great Basin into the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. In advance of the approaching trough axis, a deep pocket of drier air remains in place, which will be reinforced…
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