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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – First Alert Weather Days will be in place Wednesday and Thursday due to risk of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding risk with localized heavy rainfall rates of 1″-2″ per hour. A Flash Flood Watch has been issued until Thursday afternoon for north of Tucson.
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Main threats for the next couple of days are heavy rain, strong winds, and hail. We could see hail exceed 2″ in the strongest of storms.
Any tornado threat would be very low due to less favorable parameters/indices.
Drier air moves in for Friday and through the weekend.
First Alert Forecast:
Today – A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight – A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the evening.
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Thursday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Night – A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday – Sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
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Friday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
Saturday – Sunny, with a high near 77.
Saturday Night – Clear, with a low around 57.
Sunday – Sunny, with a high near 79.
Sunday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Monday – Sunny, with a high near 82.
Monday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Tuesday – Sunny, with a high near 83.
Tuesday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Wednesday – Mostly Sunny, with a high near 81.
Wednesday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 61.