Temperatures trending down into the 90s

Temperatures are trending down, back into the 90s!

AND THE DOCUMENT WAS STILL BEINGEDITED.♪♪♪♪♪♪Iris: TIME FOR THE MOST ACCURATEFORECAST ON THIS FRIDAY.WE ARE WAKING UP TO CLOUDSACROSS THE STATE.THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO START WITHHERE.WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONSIN CENTRAL ARIZONA WITH THECLOUDS LINGERING AROUND THEVALLEY AND YAVAPAI COUNTY, TOO.THAT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE INTEMPERATURES.WE'RE NOT SEEING RAIN.IT IS GOING TO STAY DRY TODAY.THE HEAT IS GETTING TRAPPED ININ SOME SPOTS.PHOENIX SKY HARBOR IS ABOUT 3°°WARMER THAN 24-HOURS AGO BUTEVEN WARMER IN PRESCOTT, 10°°WARMER THAN 24-HOURS AGO.COOLER IN NORTHERN ARIZONASEEING MORE CLEARING.THE CLOUDS MAKE ALL THEDIFFERENCE.IT'S LIKE THE BLANKET ON YOURBED.IT TRAPS IN THE HEAT OR IF YOUKICK IT OFF AND GET COOLERBECAUSE WE SEE THE TEMPERATURESDROP, THE HEAT ESCAPES THESURFACE.OUR TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW 79°°.64°° IN PAYSON.MID 50S RIGHT NOW IN KINGMAN ANDWAKING UP TO MID 70S IN LAKEHAVASU AND PRESCOTT AT 60°° TOSTART THE DAY.IT IS A MILDER START VALLEY WIDEWITH A TEMPERATURE OF 72°° INMESA.70°° IN APACHE JUNCTION AND 73°°IN PEORIA.COMPARED TO YESTERDAY, IT ISNICE RELIEF AFTER REACHING AHIGH OF 106°° AGAIN YESTERDAY ASFORECASTED.YESTERDAY'S HIGH TYING FOR THEHIGHEST TEMPERATURE WE HAVE SEENSO FAR THIS YEAR.GOOD NEWS, TODAY WON'T BE ASHOT.YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF -- PARTLYCLOUDY SKIES, ONCE WE GET ABETTER VIEW WITH THE SUN THISMORNING.OUR TEMPERATURE WILL BE BACK UPTO 90°° BY 10:00 A.M.

AND THENREACHING THE HUNDREDS BUT NOTUNTIL 2:00 IN PHOENIX.AND OUR HIGH UP TO 103°°.3°° COOLER THAN YESTERDAY.STILL ABOVE THE AVERAGE.30 YEAR AVERAGE IS 92°°.WITH THE HIGHS AT 102°° TO 103°°IN MOST VALLEY CITIES THISAFTERNOON.ACROSS THE STATE, LOOK FOR HIGHSTHAT WILL BE COOLER, 103°° ATLAKE HAVASU.WE'LL REACH 101°° IN CASA GRANDE92°° IN GLOBE.UPPER 70S IN FLAGSTAFF BUT LOWERTHAN YESTERDAY.TEMPERATURES STARTING TO TRENDDOWN.3°° COOLER TODAY AND TOMORROW,ANOTHER DROP IN TEMPERATURES BYA DEGREE.DOWN TO 102°° FOR SATURDAY ANDSUNDAY, DOWN TO 100°° AND BYMONDAY, DOUBLE DIGIT HIGHS DOWNINTO THE UPPER 90S.THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THATHAS BROUGHT UP THE HEAT IS GOINGTO BREAKDOWN AGAIN TRACKING MOREDISTURBANCES ACROSS THE PACIFICNORTHWEST AND GETTING OTHERCHANGES, BOOST IN MOISTURE FROMTHE SOUTH.TODAY THERE'S A CHANCE FORTHUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTARIZONA.BUT WATCH AS WE GO INTO THEWEEKEND.HERE'S SUNDAY AFTERNOON.IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY WITH THEMOISTURE IN PLACE, WE COULD GETTHUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHERTERRANE IN THE STATE.THIS IS NOT MONSOON BUT NEARTHE VALLEY, ESPECIALLY IN THEFOOTHILLS, A POSSIBILITY OF ASTRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM.THERE'S A 10% CHANCE FOR SUNDAY,POSSIBLY GETTING A STRAY SHOWEROR THUNDERSTORM, ON THE WATCHFOR THAT HERE.IN THE HIGH COUNTRY, WE HAVE ABETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.THE PROBLEM IS, THESE WON'T BEBIG RAIN-MAKING THUNDERSTORMS,INSTEAD A BIGGER RISK FORLIGHTNING AND THAT'S GOING TOHEIGHTEN THE WILDFIRE RISK ASCONDITIONS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY ANDPRETTY HOT TOO ACROSS THE STATE.BE MINDFUL OF THAT.SOMETHING ELSE WE'LL WATCHTHROUGH THE WEEKEND.103°° TODAY AND DOWN TO 100°° FOMOTHER'S DAY AND NEXT WEEK WECONTINUE THE DOWNWARD TR