FORECAST: Saturday Morning

NEARLY 470,000 ACRES.DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE AREKEEPING OUR EYES ON IN THAT MOSTACCURATE FORECAST.WE LOOK AT WIND, HUMIDITY ANDABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THATWE WERE TRACKING IN THE MOSTACCURATE FORECAST FOR NEARLY TWOWEEKS HERE.NOW WE'RE SEEING THETEMPERATURES GET BACK NEAR THENORMAL RANGE.THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.WE ARE STILL SEEING BREEZESEXPECTED TODAY AND IN THE SEVENDAY FORECAST WHERE THE WILDFIRECONCERNS WILL RAMP UP ONCEAGAIN.LET'S START WITH THE CURRENTTEMPERATURES IF YOU WANT TO GETOUTSIDE ON YOUR SATURDAYMORNING.62° IN FOUNTAIN HILLS, 50S INQUEEN CREEK, AS WE MOVE TO THEEAST VALLEY, LOW TO MID 50S LIKE56° IN TEMPE.54° IN AHWATUKEE, 52° IN LAVEEN.56° IN GLENDALE AND PEORIA.54° IN BUCKEYE.58° IN WICKENBURG AND AS WE LOOKTO CAVE CREEK AND ANTHEM.56°.WITH THE TEMPERATURES, YOU'LLGET THE GREEN LIGHT ON THEVALLEY ACTIVITY PLANNER FORTODAY.TEMPERATURES ARE LOOKING GREAT.RIGHT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE FORTHIS TIME OF YEAR.OF COURSE, MAKE SURE YOU AREHYDRATING IF YOU ARE HITTING THETRAILS, WALKING THE DOG OR GOINGFOR A BIKE RIDE.STAY IN THE SHADE AND MAKE SUREYOU ARE HYDRATED, THE UV INDEXIS STILL GOING TO BE AROUND AN8.WE ARE GOING TO WARM INTO THEUPPER 80S HERE.BY 9:00 A.M., 69°.STAYING IN THE 60S AND THENSTAYING IN THE 70S THE REST OFTHE MORNING AND THEN THE 80S BY1:00 P.M.85° BY 3:00 P.M.

AND 84° AROUND5:00 P.M.THE HIGH TODAY IS 86°.WHICH MEANS WE ARE EXACTLY ONPOINT WITH THE AVERAGE FOR THISTIME OF YEAR.FINALLY WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK.THE AVERAGE LOW IS AROUND 61°.THE RECORD IS 100° SET BACK IN1936.WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE SHOULD BEAS WE LOOK AROUND THE STATE ATTHE HIGHS.69° IN PAYSON.70° IN KINGMAN.80S TO THE WEST.SOMETHING WE WANT TO KEEP INMIND, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER,THE WIND SPEEDS, THIS IS HOWMUCH THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UPTODAY IN THE STATE AND THEVALLEY.IN THE VALLEY, GUSTS UP TO 20MILES PER HOUR.WE COULD SEE THE SUSTAINED WINDSBETWEEN 10-15 MILES PER HOUR.IN NORTHERN ARIZONA TRACKINGSTORM CHANCES THERE WE SEESUSTAINED WINDS ABOUT 5-10 MILESPER HOUR AND GUSTS UP TO 20MILES PER HOUR.THIS IS THIS MORNING AROUND THISTIME, WE ARE SEEING ACTIVITY INTHE STATE, RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERMIXTURES AND THIS LOW PRESSURESYSTEM IS MOVING IN OUR STATE,TOO.THAT HAS DROPPED OURTEMPERATURES AND THEN SEEINGSTORM CHANCES ALONG THE RIMTOMORROW AND THEN A STRAY SHOWEROR TWO COME INTO PHOENIXPOTENTIALLY TOMORROW.MOSTLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OFTHE VALLEY.LIKE ANTHEM AND THINGS LIKETHAT.FOR YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST, 86°TODAY WITH SUNNY SKIES ANDBREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOOKING TOTOMORROW, A 10% CHANCE OF RAININ YOUR FORECAST.85° THEN.AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVESOUT, TEMPERATURES START TO WARMUP LOOKING TO THE START OF THEWORK WEEK.93° ON TUESDAY AND THENWEDNESDAY, THE WINDY CONDITIONSREALLY PICK UP.BUT ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TO THENORTH IS GOING TO DROP T