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A 70% chance of rain/snow exists for Flagstaff tomorrow night running through Friday with snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Temperatures will drop to mid 20s with a low of 7-degrees possible on Thursday.
Williams begins Tuesday with an 80% chance of rain and snow. Snow will last through Thursday night with lows averaging around 15 with a low of 11 on Thursday.
The weather is expected to clear through the weekend with snow possible again on Sunday.
FLAGSTAFF—The Timberline/Fernwood Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held tomorrow, December 3 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Summit Fire Station #33 located at 6050 Firehouse Lane. Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil and County Supervisor Liz Archuleta invites residents of the Timberline and Fernwood community to attend the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting.
Timberline/Fernwood Community Deputies will be available to answer questions and provide support to this partnership between law abiding citizens, law enforcement and county government. County Supervisor Liz Archuleta will be present to share information from Coconino County Government.
Also joining us for this meeting will be Coconino County Public Works representatives, Mike Lopker, Deputy Director of Public Works, and Ted Wolff, Maintenance Superintendent for Public Works. They will provide information about removing snow off county roads and in unincorporated communities and neighborhoods this winter season.
If you can brave the snow, residents of the Doney Park community are invited to attend the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2013. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Summit Fire Station #32, located at 8905 Koch Field Rd. Please note that the meeting has been moved from Cromer School to Summit Fire Station for this meeting.
Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil will be at the meeting to encourage continued neighborhood participation and to share information. Doney Park Community Deputies will be available to answer questions and provide support to this partnership between law abiding citizens, law enforcement and county government. County Supervisor Mandy Metzger will be present to share information from Coconino County Government.
Other agenda items / guest speakers to be determined.
Bill Williams looks out contemplating the climate change from Memorial Park.
After our first snow of the season, the weather turned back to fall. It was almost spring-like, in fact, until this week when the temperatures dropped and the rain began to fall.
Williams receives a dusting of snow. More on the way.
The snow hit a day earlier than expected and is expected to turn to rain tonight. Possible Snow accumulations of up to 3-inches are possible over Saturday and Sunday. The weather is predicted to clear up Monday through Thanksgiving day, but the temperatures will probably not reach those Williams recently enjoyed.
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WILLIAMS—The seven-day forecast by the National Weather Service is predicting a chance of rain starting tonight through Friday with temperatures lowering. The chance for rain is 20% by tonight rising to 70% on Friday. There will be a chance of snow starting Saturday running through Monday.
Flagstaff will experience a chance of snow starting Friday and running through Monday night.
WILLIAMS—The seven-day forecast from the National Weather Service shows a 100% chance of snow today. They have issued a hazardous weather advisory which indicates that there is a 
possibility of 2 to 4 inches of accumulation above 6500-feet with 4-6 inches over the Kaibab Plateau.
The danger, of course, is that roadways may be slick and we advise caution in driving. Add extra time to get where you are going and slow down. Begin braking well in advance.
Photographers may want to take this opportunity to stop along Perkinsville Road or Highway 64 to take photographs. Ensure that you find a place where you can pull off of the road completely.
The snow is predicted to stop by tonight and the temperatures should rise and hover around the sixties through Columbus day which will not be observed this year due to the government shutdown.
The seven-day forecast from the National Weather Service predicts that the first snow of this season should be Thursday. Wednesday will bring a 20% chance of thundershowers with a 70% chance of rain likely after 11 am. Snow level on Wednesday will drop from 8900 feet lowering to 7500 feet. On Thursday the snow level will drop to 6800 feet bringing a snow accumulation of less than one-inch for the City of Williams. While it will probably not be enough to construct a significant snowman, it might make for some good photography opportunity as it mixes with the fall colors.
The long-range forecast shows rain through Wednesday for the Williams area.
Rain is expected through tonight with an 80% chance for rain tomorrow. It drops to 60% Tuesday dropping again to 50% on Wednesday. While this is likely to change, Thursday through next weekend the weather service shows a chance of thundershowers.
Please make sure that you take appropriate precautions such as reducing speed and adding extra time to get where you are going.
Fredonia AZ—Yesterday at about 3:00 pm a bolt of lightning struck in the area of the LeFevre Scenic Overlook at MP 590.4 on Highway 89A about eight miles north of Jacobs Lake. Two visitors from a foreign country were pronounced dead at the scene and a non-related minor received non-life-threatening injuries. This highlights the dangers that thunderstorms represent.
A group of people were standing in the area of the overlook when a man and wife from out of the country were struck and later pronounced deceased at the scene. A third victim who is a male minor also was struck by the lightning and knocked to the ground. He was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries. He was transported to an area hospital by Kane County Utah Medical Transport. The child was not associated with the two deceased victims and was traveling with several adult guardians.
After the lighting strike several other people at the overlook called the Kane County 911 Dispatch Center on their cell phones and reported the incident. Dispatchers sent the Kane County Ambulance and notified the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office. The two deceased victims were transported to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office located in Flagstaff.
Names of the two deceased victims are being withheld pending next of kin notification. This investigation is being continued by Sheriff’s Detectives and the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Department recommends the following when thunderstorms are present. Chance of thundershowers exist through Saturday in the 40% to 50% range.
Lightning Safety Tips
Plan in advance your evacuation and safety measures. When you first see lightning or hear thunder, activate your emergency plan. Now is the time to go to a building or a vehicle. Lightning often precedes rain, so don’t wait for the rain to begin before suspending activities.
IF OUTDOORS…Avoid water. Avoid the high ground. Avoid open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, machinery, motors, power tools, etc. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, or near trees. Where possible, find shelter in a substantial building or in a fully enclosed metal vehicle such as a car, truck or a van with the windows completely shut. If lightning is striking nearby when you are outside, you should:
Crouch down. Put feet together. Place hands over ears to minimize hearing damage from thunder.
Avoid proximity (minimum of 15 ft.) to other people.
IF INDOORS… Avoid water. Stay away from doors and windows. Do not use the telephone. Take off headsets. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, & TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.
SUSPEND ACTIVITIES for 30 minutes after the last observed lightning or thunder.
INJURED PERSONS do not carry an electrical charge and can be handled safely. Apply First Aid procedures to a lightning victim if you are qualified to do so. Call 911 or send for help immediately.
KNOW YOUR EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
FLAGSTAFF—Monsoon rains allowed Coconino County to lift its fire restrictions earlier this month, but stage 1 fire restrictions remain in the Coconino and Kaibab forests. The Williams watershed opened for hiking, but some areas of Coconino may still be dry and present hazardous fire conditions.
Ample monsoonal rainfall throughout Northern Arizona has brought much needed moisture to tinder-dry forests and area landscapes. Fortunately the rainfall lessened the danger of fire from thunder. Careless acts with fire could still start a blaze, however.
Under Stage 1 fire restrictions on federal land:
• Fires, campfires, charcoal, coal and wood stoves are allowed in developed campgrounds only.
• Smoking is allowed only in enclosed vehicles, buildings or in developed campgrounds.
• Using a device that is solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off is allowed in areas that are clear of flammable materials.
This has prompted the Northern Arizona Shooting Range to open again with a clay pigeon shoot scheduled for the weekend of August 10 & 11 and another scheduled for September 7 & 8. Conditions could change, so you should contact the range to see if these activities are still available.
Long range predictions are for excellent chances of precipitation through Wednesday with chances of scattered thunderstorms through next Saturday.
The high temperature in Williams, today, is expected to reach 88 increasing to the mid-90s by the weekend with only a slight chance of thunderstorms Friday. The temperature on Saturday is expected to reach 98 dropping two-degrees on Sunday with not enough wind to produce usable electricity.
The outlook for Flagstaff is similar except for a chance of thunder showers Saturday and Sunday.
If you are taking a Marvelous Marv’s Private Grand Canyon tour, you will probably want to take a couple of bottles of water as the temperatures will reach a high of mid-90s on Saturday with a slight chance of thundershowers on Sunday.