Cooler today, storm chances return over the weekend

We're looking at lower temperatures and more storm chances for the weekend.

ARE WAKING UP OKAY WITHOUT TOOMUCH DAMAGE THOUGH PROPERTY.TALK ABOUT AN ACTIVE STORMYEVENING.WE SAW NEARLY A MONTH'S WORTH OFRAINFALL IN A SINGLE NIGHT.SO, THAT IS WHAT THE MONSOONLIKES TO DO SOMETIMES, AFTERQUIET WEEKS AND THE DRIEST MONTHON RECORD SO FAR BUT NOT THECASE NOW, .9 INCHES OF RAIN FELLAT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AND, INFAC SOME THIEF AIR -- OF THEAREAS PICKED UP RAINFALL,THROUGH CENTRAL PHOENIX WE SAWTHE HEAVIEST RAIN LAST NIGHT.AS FAR AS OUR MONSOON GOES WEARE OFFICIALLY AT AN INCH OFRAIN FOR THE SEASON, SO FAR.OF COURSE, THAT IS STILL BELOWTHE AVERAGE, AN TYPICALLY WEGET 2.71 INCHES AND WE HAVECATCHING UP TO DO BUT THERE AREPLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY AS THESEASON GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER30th.I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THERAINFALL AMOUNTS, JUST FROM LASTNIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE, THE MAINFOCUS FOR SOME OF THOSE HIGHERRAINFALL AMOUNTS, WAS THROUGHCENTRAL PHOENIX, AND, THECENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY,THE NORTH VALLEY GETTING HITHARD AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHPHOENIX GETTING HIT HARD, NOW,TODAY, BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE ISWORKED OVER WE ARE LIKELY NOTGOING TO SEE MORE STORMS ANDTHIS MORNING, WE DO HAVE PLENTYOF CLOUD COVER, OUT THERE AND AFEW LIGHT SHOWERS, MOVINGTHROUGH SOUTH CHANDLER AND CAVECREEK AREA AND SLOWLY PUSHINGNORTH AND PLENTY OF CLOUD COVERACROSS THE REST OF THE VALLEY.AS I SAID WE REMAIN UNDER AFLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 5:00A.M., 10 MINUTES HERE, AND THEAREA SOUTH OF GILA BEND, AND THEREST OF THE STATE IS QUIET.WE'LL TRACK THE LIGHT SHOWERSTHIS MORNING AND, AS WE GET DAYTIME HEATING WILL SEE MORESTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN,PLENTY OF MOISTURE, YOU WILLNOTICE IT WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE.AGAIN, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESTORMS WE SAW LAST NIGHT,TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THATTHE ATMOSPHERE GETS WORKED OVERAND WE LOSE THE ENERGY THAT WENEED, FOR THOSE STORMS, AND, ITWILL BE QUIET A DAY AFTERWIDESPREAD, STRONGERTHUNDERSTORMS, AND THISAFTERNOON WE'LL WATCH FOR THESTORMS TO FIRE UP OVER THEHIGHER TERRAIN AND AS YOU SEE,THEY KIND OF STAY OVER THEHIGHER TERRAIN AND A FEW SPOTS,PAYSON, AND, AREAS LOOKING ALITTLE QUIETER AND THE STORMSWILL STAY WELL AWAY FROM THEVALLEY AND I DON'T THINK SEAL'ANY ACTIVITY THIS EVENING BUTTHIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE MORE STORMCHANCES, ALL OF THE MOISTUREWORKING ITS WAY IN AND, DUE TOWHAT WAS HURRICANE GENEVIEVEWHICH STAYED WILLY AWAY FROM THESTATE AND WILL WEAKEN BUT IT ISTHE REASON WE GET THE MOISTUREAND, ALL OF THE MOISTURE ACROSSARIZONA, AS WE GO THROUGH THEWEEKEND, AND WE'LL CATCH A BREAKFROM THE STORMS TODAY AND MAKESURE YOU ARE STAYING WEATHERALERT.STORM CHANCES SATURDAY, SUNDAYAND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL.WE ARE CATCHING A BREAK FROM THESCORCHING-HOT TEMPERATURES HEREIN THE VALLEY.OUR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGREMAINS IN PLACE FOR NORTHWESTARIZONA, THOUGH AND THE LOWERELEVATIONS, THE GRAND CANYON,AND NO HEAT ALERTS FOR THEVALLEY TODAY AND LOOK AT THETEMPERATURES.84 DEGREES, RIGHT NOW, ATPHOENIX SKY HARBOR, AND NOT BAD.90 AT LAKE HAVASU AND 72 SEDONAAND THE HIGHS AROUND THE VALLEYNOW, TALKING LOW TO MID 80s INMOST OF OUR VALLEY CITIES.TODAY, A MORE GRADUAL WARM-UPWITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTOTHOSE TRIPLE DIGITS BY THE EARLYAFTERNOON, AND, THEN A HIGH OFJUST 106 DEGREES TODAY.SO, CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THISTIME OF YEAR, AND, THIS WEEKEND,THE TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW 110WITH THE STORM CHANCESCONTINUING, AND THE NEXT WEEK,ANOTHER ROUND OF EXCESSIVE HEATWATCHES MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYAS WE GET HOTTER WITH HIGHS BACK