FORECAST: Friday Morning

High pressure builds in over our area, bringing another warm-up that's sticking around through the early part of the weekend!

Iris: THANK YOU FOR LOGGING ONTO abc15.com.I'M METEOROLOGIST IRISHERMOSILLO.MORE CLOUDS MOVING IN TODAY BUTHIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN,WARMING US UP THE NEXT COUPLE OFDAYS.TODAY HEADING BACK IN THE 80SAND THEN TRACKING THE STORMSYSTEM BRINGING IMPACTS OUR WAYBY SUNDAY BUT MONDAY IS THE DAYTHAT WE REALLY SEE THE IMPACTSIN THE FORM OF RAIN AND ALSOMUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WESEE THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN ONMONDAY.TODAY THOUGH, HIGH CLOUDS.A MIX OF PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDYCONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY ANDTEMPERATURE WARMING TO 81°° THISAFTERNOON.THAT'S MORE TYPICAL OF THEAVERAGE HIGH IN EARLY APRIL.SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOVEAVERAGE TODAY BUT PLEASANTCONDITIONS OVER ALL, UPPER 70STO LOW 80S ACROSS THE VALLEY.APACHE JUNCTION REACHING 78°°.81°° IN GILBERT AND AHWATUKEE.80°° IN PEORIA.79°° IN SURPRISE.30 YEAR AGO IS 73°°.ABOVE AVERAGE HIGHS TODAY.ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA, HIGHSIN THE 50S TO 60S WITH 67°° FORHIGH TODAY IN GLOBE.64°° IN PRESCOTT AND 55°° TODAYFLAGSTAFF.57°° IN HEBER AND WINDOW ROCK INTHE UPPER 50S.IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT TO SPRINGTRAINING TODAY, IT IS GOING TOBE WARMER AT THE START OF THEGAPE OF GAMES THAN IT HAS BEEN,TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID70S BY 1:00.WE HAVE A FEW EVENING GAMES,THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTHE LOW 70S AT THE START OF THEGAME BUT OBVIOUSLY COOLING DOWNOPPOSED TO THE REST OF THE GAMESACROSS THE VALLEY THAT START INTHE EARLY AFTERNOON, WE'LL BEWARMING FROM THE MID 70S TOUPPER 70S THROUGH THE GAME.BE PREPARED FOR THAT AND SUNBLOCK IMPORTANT TOO, EVEN WITHTHE HIGH CLOUDS, THE UV INDEX ISIN THE MODERATE APPROACHING THEHIGH RANGE WITH A BURN TIME OF45 MINUTES AND PEAK BURN TIME ASTHE GAMES GET GOING.TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COOLINGINTO THE LOW 50S.TOMORROW LOW OF 51°°.35°° IN PRESCOTT AND TOMORROWMORNING STARTING OUT THE DAYMILDER IN FLAGSTAFF WITH THELOWS IN THE MID 20S.IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDYOVERNIGHT AND THEN TOMORROW,MORE SUNSHINE AS YOU KICK OFFSATURDAY MORNING, KNOW THATOVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THEUPPER 40S TO LOW 50S.A COOL START TO THE DAY TOMORROWBUT THEN TOMORROW WARMING BACKTO NEAR 80°° BY THE AFTERNOON.A LOT HAPPENING ACROSS THEVALLEY THIS WEEKEND AND I THINKTHE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE GREATFOR ALL OF THE OUTDOOR EVENTS,SPRING TRAINING, INNINGS FEST,MAYBE ONE OF THE FESTIVALS INGLENDALE OR AVONDALE.GET OUTSIDE.TOMORROW 79°° AND MOSTLY SUNNYSKIES.WE'LL SEE THE HIGH IN THE MIDDLEOF THE AFTERNOON BUT LIKELY INTHE LOW 70S TOMORROW BY LUNCHTIME.SUNDAY CHANGES, WE'LL HIT 70°° BNOON AND PARTLY CLOUDYCONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES INTHE MID 70S ON SUNDAY.A LITTLE COOLER.IT IS GOING TO GET BREEZY ONSUNDAY AHEAD OF THAT STORMTHAT'S MOVING IN MONDAY.THE VALLEY RIGHT AT THE BREEZYRANGE, THE WINDS FROM THESOUTHWEST FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA,WINDY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40MILES AN HOUR ON SUNDAY.SUNDAY NIGHT, A CHANCE OF SNOWSHOWERS, TOO.LOOKING AT FUTURE CAST, FOR THEVALLEY STAYING DRY TODAY,TOMORROW AND SUNDAY LOOKS DRY,TOO.SUNDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WORKINGDOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST LINEAND THAT STORM SYSTEM WILL NOTBRING AS MUCH MOISTURE OUR WAYAS THE STORM THAT WE SAW THISPAST WEEKEND DID.THE REASON BEING PARTLY BECAUSEOF THE STORM SYSTEM'S TRACK.IT IS GOING TO MAINLY TRACKSOUTH OF THE ARIZONA BORDERKEEPING THE CORE OF THE MOISTUREAND BETTER MOISTURE JUST TO THESOUTH.FOR THE VALLEY, A CHANCE OFSCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS IN THEHIGH COUNTRY.WE'LL SEE SNOW.BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD UP TOMUCH.KNOW THAT THE SNOW POTENTIALWILL START AS EARLY AS SUNDAYEVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAYAND EARLY TUESDAY FOR THE HIGHCOUNTRY.FOR THE VALLEY JUST MONDAY WESEE THE RAIN POTENTIAL EARLYTUESDAY, THE STORM SYSTEM CLEARSOUT AND DONE WITH THE RAINCHANCE.AND AS FAR AS AMOUNTS, EXPECTLESS THAN A 10th OF AN INCHACROSS THE VALLEY, MAINLY THEHUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN THESPOTS THAT GET MEASURABLE RAIN.THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTHAND EAST AND EVEN THERE, THETOTALS NOT AS HIGH AS THIS PASTWEEKEND.THE HIGH COUNTRY, SNOW LEVELSDOWN TO ABOUT 5,000 TO 5500FEET.THEY WILL BE GOING LOWER BUTWE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OFSNOW.WE'RE TALKING 1-3 INCHES ALONGTHE RIM, INCLUDING FLAGSTAFF ANDAREAS ABOVE 6500 FEET.TODAY LOOK FOR A HIGH OF 81°°.TOMORROW NOT FAR FROM 80°° ANDSUNDAY MID 70S AND BREEZY AND BYMONDAY, MUCH COOLER, LOOKING ATA HIGH OF 62°° AS THE STORMSYSTEM MOVES IN.A 30% CHANCE OF SCATTERED LIGHTSHOWERS.TUESDAY BACK TO SUNNY AND DRY.UPPER 60S AND THEN THE MID 780SON WEDNESDAY.UPPER 70S THURSDAY AND BACK NEAR