FOG BLOG WEATHER LOG: RECENT ICE STORM IN TEXAS AND ALSO SNOW FALLS IN ARIZONA!

Winter storm rolls through northern Arizona leaving foot of snow in Flagstaff........PHOENIX – After a weak start, winter roared into Arizona high country Wednesday, dropping a lot of snow in the biggest storm of the season.

Flagstaff Airport received 12.3 inches, Williams 15.5 inches and Strawberry 12 inches but Forest Lakes was hit hardest. The city east of Payson had 19 inches of snow.

It was the most snow in a single day Flagstaff had seen since 14 inches fell Jan. 25, 2021.......No more snow is expected this week, according to the National Weather Service.

“We’re looking at clear skies and dry conditions,” Darren McCollum, a weather service meteorologist in Flagstaff, told KTAR News 92.3 FM.

Flagstaff officials said all nonessential services in the city would be operating on a two-hour delayed start Thursday morning due to inclement weather and poor road conditions, but all the roads closed because of the bad weather have reopened.

Coconino Community College and Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus also will operate on a delayed start Thursday with classes before 10 a.m. cancelled.

Flagstaff Unified School District also delayed the start of Thursday classes by two hours. Schools in Williams and Blue Ridge were closed for the day.