With Hurricane/Tropical Storm Rachel coming to Arizona, here’s the question: what’s more important, wind or rain? Below are the HRRR precipitation outlook over 48 hours, and the wind outlook on Sunday afternoon. Also, there’s an animated GIF of the GFS, IFS and ICON precipitation totals through Wednesday morning.
Wind seems more broadly spread than the rain. Still, the next day will bring windy and wet conditions. Flagstaff and Anthem locations could see 1-2 inches, strongly dependent on terrain and orographic effects, due to the rapid movement of Rachel across the area.
See the 10-day outlooks, or the short-range outlooks at skyislandsclimate.net for the location details.