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Wednesday

Dust Gauge is set to green, indicating a Low dust warning.
Stagnation: Morning and evening stagnation

Wind: Northwesterly winds of 5-15 mph

Thursday

Dust Gauge is set to green, indicating a Low dust warning.
Stagnation: Morning and evening stagnation

Wind: West-northwesterly winds of 5-15 mph

Friday

Dust Gauge is set to green, indicating a Low dust warning.
Stagnation: Morning stagnation

Wind: Westerly winds of 10-15 mph during the day, shifting to southwesterly in the evening

Saturday

Dust Gauge is set to green, indicating a Low dust warning.
Stagnation: Morning stagnation

Wind: Southwesterly winds of 5-15 mph

Sunday

Dust Gauge is set to green, indicating a Low dust warning.
Stagnation: Morning stagnation

Wind: Southwesterly winds of 10-15 mph

Discussion

A low-grade monsoon pattern will exist for Arizona this week, resulting in thunderstorms favoring the higher terrain in east-central and southeastern Arizona. Over the next few days, western Pinal County will mainly only get some leftover breezes from distant thunderstorms in the evenings/nights. However, storm chances do look to increase later in the week.

PM10 (dust) will remain mostly locally driven, with elevated levels possible in the mornings from local activity. We also can't rule out brief dust in the evenings/nights because of breezes from distant thunderstorms. But, we'll watch for any greater dust potential later in the week.

The dust risk is Low each day for now.

Check back tomorrow morning for the latest.

- M. Graves
ADEQ Meteorologist