First 80-degree day of 2021 possible Tuesday

Tuesday could be our first 2021 day to reach 80 degrees!

AS THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARETHERE, TOO.WE'VE GOT SOME WARM VIBESBECAUSE TODAY IS GOING TO BE AWARM DAY IN THE VALLEY.WE CALL IT THAT BECAUSE IT COUBE THE FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY OFTHE YEAR.THE ODDS ARE GOOD OF HITTING 80DEGREES.IS IT A SURE BET?NOT NECESSARILY.WE'VE GOT CLOUDS SO THAT MAYSLOW THINGS DOWN.A LOT OF DATA SHOWING WE'LL MAKEIT UP THERE SO 80 DEGREES THEFORECAST HIGH FOR THISAFTERNOON.ON AVERAGE, WE SEE OUR FIRST80-DEGREE DAY FEBRUARY 1 BUT YOUKNOW WHAT?WE'RE GOING TO BE NEAR THEAVERAGE TIME WE TYPICALLY SEETHE 80-DEGREE DAYS AND IF YOU'RENOT READY FOR THE WARM WEATHER,DON'T WORRY.AFTER TODAY WE COOL BACK DOWNAGAIN.THE HE REMEMBERIEST WE'VE EVERSEEN AN 80-DEGREE DAY IS JANUARY1.THE LATEST IS IN APRIL.WE WON'T HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG.AS WE LOOK AT SATELLITE CLOUDSAND RADAR, THE CLOUDS WILL PAY AKEY ROLE WHETHER WE GET TO WARMUP TO 80 DEGREES.LOW 70s.TODAY WE MAY SEE A FEW POCKETSOF CLEARING TO BUMP UP THETEMPERATURE.RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SEEING MUCHIN TERMS OF CLEARING BUT MOSTLYCLOUDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THEVALLEY AND THAT LITTLE GREEN YOUSEE IS LIKELY MORE OF THATVERGA.IT'S THE RAIN THAT FALLS FROMTHE CLOUDS THAT EVAPORATESBEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND.I DON'T EXPECT MUCH OF THIS ISEVEN MAKING IT TO THE GROUNDAGAIN BAYS IT'S LIKELYEVAPORATING AT BEST, MAYBE ASPRINKLE OR TWO BUT THE RAINCHANCES STILL LESS THAN 5%TODAY.AS YOU LOOK AT CONDITIONS ACROSSNORTHERN ARIZONA, WE DO HAVESOME SHOWERS MOVING THROUGHNORTHERN ARIZONA NEAR FLAGSTAFFAND VERY, VERY LIGHT RAINFALLAND THAT CHANCE WILL CONTINUEHERE AS WE GO THROUGH THEMORNING WITH SPOTTY SHOWERS UPTO THE NORTH ABOUT MIDDAY ANDTHEN QUIETER THIS AFTERNOON.MOSTLY CLOUDY TO AT TIMES PARTLYCLOUDY AND WARMER ACROSS THESTATE.NOW, THIS MORNING WE'RE ALREADYFEELING TEMPERATURES WARMER,ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ARIZONAWHERE WE'RE ONLY DOWN IN THEUPPER 30s, ABOVE FREEZING INFLAGSTAFF.IT'S 35 IN HEBER.41 IN SHOW LOW AND PHOENIX SKYHARBOR.CHECKING IN AT 58 DEGREES.LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES AROUNDTHE VALLEY, WE'LL SEE 60s INCHANDLER, ANTHEM, ALSO GLENDALEHOLDING ON TO THE LOW 60s.IT'S NOT GOIN TO BE THAT COLD.A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN IN THE MID50s IN PHOENIX BUT THEN WE STARTA WARMUP AND IT WILL BE A QUICKONE.WE'LL BE BACK IN THE 70s BY ASEARLY AS 11:00 A.M.

SO A COUPLEOF HOURS EARLIER THAN WE SAW T70s YESTERDAY AND THEN AGAIN OURTEMPERATURE WILL PEAK AROUND 80DEGREES HERE.I THINK WE'LL SEE THE HIGHTEMPERATURE AROUND 4:00 AS WEMAKE IT THERE.WE'LL BE WATCHING THATTEMPERATURE VERY CLOSELY THROUGHTHE AFTERNOON.HIGH OF 80 IN MOST OF THE VALLEYCITIES TODAY, INCLUDING THE SANTAN VALLEY, LAVEEN, PEORIA ANDDEER VALLEY.THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THEFOOTHILLS.EITHER WAY, DRESS IN LAYERS.YOU MAY NEED A SWEATER THISMORNING.IT'S STILL A LITTLE CHILLY OUTTHERE BUT YOU'LL BE SHEDDING THELAYERS QUICKLEVEN BY LUNCHTIME YOU'RE ALREADSHEDDING THE SWEATER LOOK HOWMUCH WARMER IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.HIGHS IN THE 50s TO 60s UP NORTHTODAY.WE COULD SEE THE 80s IN TUCSONAND IN YUMA AS WELL.TODAY LOOKS MOSTLY CLOUDY AND ATTIMES AGAIN, WE MAY SEE SOMEBREAKS IN THE CLOUDS.THEN TOMORROW, ANOTHER PARTLY TOMOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A HIGH OF77.REMEMBER THOSE RAIN CHANCES WEHAD IN THE FORECAST?I TOOK THEM OUT.IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'LL SEEANYTHING BUT WE WILL GET A COLDFRONT THAT WILL AT LEAST DROPTHE HIGHS IN THE UPPER