Rio Rico, Arizona 7 Day Weather Forecast

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769
FXUS65 KTWC 191007
AFDTWC

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
307 AM MST Sat Jul 19 2025

.SYNOPSIS...Chance of showers and thunderstorms this weekend into
early next week then drying out. High temperatures around normal
through the weekend into early next week then heating up.

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.DISCUSSION...Infrared satellite imagery this morning showed
plenty of debris cloud cover over the area with radar showing a
few light showers. SE AZ this morning was between an upper low
near San Diego and an upper high near Dallas. Further south there
was an inverted trof over the Mexican states of Durango and
Sinaloa.

Today: The debris cloud cover will slowly dissipate through the
morning hours. If dissipation is slower than current thinking
that will delay the start of storm development, which will begin
in the mountains this afternoon, especially south and southeast of
Tucson. Overall looking at similar storm coverage as yesterday. A
few storms along the Intl border will be capable of producing
brief heavy rain into this evening. Highs today similar to what
occurred yesterday.

Tonight: Thunderstorm activity will be much more widespread over
Sonora Mexico with some of these storms potentially moving across
the area during the overnight hours.

Sunday: Per the initialized forecast from the NBM, which may be a
bit too high with the PoPs, may be a bit more active that today
with primary threat being brief heavy rain and gusty winds. Highs
slightly cooler than today.

Next week: Chance of afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms
Monday and Tuesday then the area drys out as drier SW overspreads
the area through the second half of next week. Highs start the
week below normal then heating up by the end of the week with
potential of hotter temperatures next weekend. Latest NbM
probabilities of 110 degrees for Tucson has 11% chance on Sun July
27th and 18% chance on Mon July 28th.

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.AVIATION...Valid through 20/12Z.
Debris cloud cover mainly above 10k ft AGL will gradually
dissipate this morning. Aft 19/18z SCT clouds at 8k-11k feet with
isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly east and
south of KTUS through this evening. Gusty and erratic winds up to
40 kts with any storm. Otherwise surface winds mainly under 12
kts. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF amendments.

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.FIRE WEATHER...High temperatures generally near normal for much
of the next 7 days under a low grade monsoon pattern with
day-to-day variability in thunderstorm coverage. Afternoon winds
will remain westerly from 10-15 mph, with occasional gusts at or
above 25 mph. Afternoon RH values in the low lying areas will be
17-25% this weekend. In the higher terrain, RH will be around 30
to 50%.

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.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None.

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