Overview
- Rain is expected across central Arizona from late Saturday into Sunday, with Phoenix forecast to receive roughly 0.5 to 1 inch under the favored scenario.
- Temperatures will fall from the 80s late week to the upper 60s and low 70s this weekend, with Valley mornings in the upper 40s to low 50s by Monday.
- Forecast guidance splits between a slower, wetter system with about a 60% chance and a faster, drier passage that would emphasize a stronger cold front.
- A connection to a Pacific atmospheric river could enhance rainfall, though timing and totals remain uncertain.
- ABC15 has designated Saturday and Sunday as Weather Action Days, while forecasts call for increasing winds and a light chance of high-elevation snow with snow levels near 7,500 to 9,000 feet.