Temperatures drop as rain chances return

Today is looking sunny, but big changes are ahead for the next few days.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.GOOD MORNING.Iris: WE HAVE A STORM SYSTEM TOTHE WEST BRINGING THE STRONGERWINDS AND IT WILL BE HEADING OURWAY BY TOMORROW.TODAY, THE LAST DAY WE SEE THESUNSHINE AND HIGHS IN THE LOW80S BEFORE THE CHANGES START TOKICK IN.IT WILL BE WARM AND DRY TODAYAND THEN TOMORROW, THE STORMSYSTEM MOVES IN AND LOOKING TOLINGER INTO FRIDAY BEFORE MOVINGOUT.WE'RE TALKING RAIN CHANCES ANDCOOLER TEMPERATURES.LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEM.IT'S OFF TO THE WEST, BUT IT ISGOING TO BE MOVING INTO OURSTATE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48HOURS.TODAY SUNNY AND DRY AHEAD OF THESTORM SYSTEM.SOME BREEZES IN NORTHERNARIZONA.AS I PUT IT INTO MOTION, BYTONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, WESTART TO SEE SOME OF THE SHOWERSMOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA,THAT'S AN AREA WE SEE THE HIGHERAMOUNTS OF RAIN, SOUTHWESTARIZONA AND ALONG THE COLORADORIVER.BY THE TIME THE RAIN MAKES ITINTO THE VALLEY, WE'RE GOING TOSEE SHOWERS BUT NOT AS HEAVY ORWIDESPREAD.WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SCATTEREDSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONWEDNESDAY AND THEN THIS LIFTS TOTHE NORTH AND HANGS OUT NEARNEVADA FOR A BIT AND CHANCE OFSHOWERS THURSDAY AND THEN STARTSTO MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY INTOFRIDAY.THAT WILL KEEP THE RAIN CHANCESAROUND FRIDAY AT THIS POINT ANDTHEN CLEARING OUT BY THEWEEKEND.WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THECHANGES AS IT LOOKS TO LINGERLONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST.I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS-UPFOR THE FLOOD ALERTS ALONG THECOLORADO RIVER, UNDER THE FLASHFLOOD WATCH STARTING THISAFTERNOON AND THAT REMAINS INEFFECT THROUGH TOMORROWAFTERNOON AND THE REASON ISBECAUSE, AGAIN, THOSE AREASLIKELY TO SEE THE HEAVIERRAINFALL, POTENTIALLY 1-2 INCHESOF RAIN.BE AWARE OF THAT POTENTIAL.FUTURE CAST, TODAY THROUGH5:00 P.M., CLEAR SKIES TO MOSTLYCLEAR SKIES.MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY.TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW, WE STARTTO SEE THE SHOWERS IN WESTERNARIZONA, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INTHE MIX, TOO.BY TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY,SNOW LEVELS GET LOWER AND WE'REGOING TO SEE MORE OF THE SNOWALONG THE RIM.IN THE VALLEY, SCATTERED SHOWERSON WEDNESDAY AND A FEWTHUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AND THENRAIN CHANCES INTO THURSDAY ANDFRIDAY BEFORE DRYING THINGS OUT.EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN CHANCES ARELASTING FOR A FEW DAYS, NOT ALOT OF RAIN.MAYBE A 10th OF AN INCH OF RAININ THE VALLEY IN THE SPOTS THATEND UP PICKING UP SHOWERS.SNOW LEVELS AT 5500 FEET BUT THESNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY FORAREAS ABOVE 6500 FEET WITH 1-3INCHES OF SNOW.THE BIGGER IMPACT WILL BE THETEMPERATURE DROP.WE'LL SEE THE TEMPERATURES INTOTHE 70S BY TOMORROW AFTERHITTING MID 80S YESTERDAY.83°° TODAY, 78°° WEDNESDAY ANDTHEN IN THE UPPER 60S THURSDAYAND STILL COOLER ON FRIDAY.WE'RE GOING TO GET STRONGERWINDS, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW,30-35 MILES PER HOUR AROUND THESTATE.BY THE WEEKSED, WE LOOK DRYER