Lakeside, Arizona Weather Forecast Discussion

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FXUS65 KFGZ 061052
AFDFGZ
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
352 AM MST Mon Oct 6 2025
.SYNOPSIS...Expect pleasant Fall-like weather for the first half
of the week. Unsettled conditions and increasing shower and
thunderstorm chances return to the area during the second half of
the week and last through the weekend.
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.DISCUSSION...High pressure will gradually build into Arizona from
the southeast through mid week. This will lead to pleasant weather
with daytime temperatures gradually warming to 5-10 degrees above
normal by Wednesday. Southwesterly afternoon breezes in the 10-15
mph range are forecast. There is a 10-20% chance of a shower or
thunderstorm in Apache County Wednesday afternoon as some moisture
may push westward into that area.
Thursday through the weekend - forecast models are in decent
agreement in the overall weather pattern, the ridge shifting even
farther west and the trough remaining over the west coast through
Friday and then pushing eastward into our region for the weekend.
This places Arizona in enhanced south-southwesterly flow and is
expected to pull significant amounts of moisture northward. Grand
ensemble mean precipitable water increases from 

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