The National Weather Service (NWS) in Flagstaff issued a winter storm warning for Tuesday as a significant cold front approached northern Arizona. “The story is, we're going to see a lot of snow, it’s going to get windy, it’s going to be very cold,” said NWS meteorologist-in-charge Brian Klimowski. Travel will be further imperiled by the presence of strong winds sustained between 25 and 30 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph. The NWS Flagstaff is predicting that temperatures could drop as low as -5 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday night. For context, in 2019, the last time Flagstaff avoided going into springtime fire restrictions, the snowpack peaked at 29.2 inches on March 26.

Source: Daily Sun February 14, 2023 02:43 UTC