{"id":3309,"date":"2025-05-31T06:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:15:12","slug":"weather-arizona-showers-and-thunderstorms-target-tucson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/05\/31\/weather-arizona-showers-and-thunderstorms-target-tucson\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Arizona: Showers and thunderstorms target Tucson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3310\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/thunderstorms-in-Arizona_3105-219x146.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Increasing rain and thunder chances into Sunday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>TUCSON, Arizona \u2014 Saturday, May 31, 2025 (local time)<\/strong> \u2014 After a <strong>partly cloudy Friday<\/strong>, <strong>weather conditions in Southern Arizona<\/strong> are evolving toward a <strong>wetter and stormier weekend<\/strong>, with <strong>Sunday<\/strong> shaping up as the most <strong>active weather day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Storm outlook for the weekend<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Today\u2019s <strong>afternoon highs<\/strong> are expected to remain <strong>warm<\/strong>, though slightly below average by <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, when <strong>temperatures dip back below normal<\/strong>. While <strong>dry conditions<\/strong> will dominate much of the day today and Saturday, a few areas\u2014especially <strong>along the Arizona\u2013New Mexico border<\/strong>\u2014might see <strong>mainly dry thunderstorms<\/strong>, which could bring <strong>dry lightning<\/strong> risks.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, the dynamics shift significantly. <strong>Widespread showers<\/strong> and <strong>isolated thunderstorms<\/strong> are forecast across the region, continuing into <strong>early Monday morning<\/strong>. Although not all areas will experience strong convection, the <strong>moisture profile<\/strong> suggests increasing instability and elevated chances of <strong>precipitation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Short-term and extended forecast<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong> continues with only <strong>a slight risk of isolated storms<\/strong>, especially in <strong>eastern Arizona<\/strong>, but <strong>Sunday<\/strong> brings the <strong>best window<\/strong> for more <strong>organized rainfall<\/strong>. The <strong>cooler air mass<\/strong> accompanying the storm system will linger into the <strong>first half of next week<\/strong>, bringing a <strong>temporary return to below-normal temperatures<\/strong> for <strong>Tucson<\/strong> and surrounding counties like <strong>Cochise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Monday afternoon<\/strong>, expect a <strong>return to dry skies<\/strong>, with a more <strong>seasonal warming trend<\/strong> likely by mid-week.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to <strong>KGUN 9 Tucson News<\/strong> and <strong>meteorologist April Madison<\/strong> for ongoing updates on this <strong>developing weather pattern<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increasing rain and thunder chances into Sunday TUCSON, Arizona \u2014 Saturday, May 31, 2025 (local time) \u2014 After a partly cloudy Friday, weather conditions in Southern Arizona are evolving toward a wetter and stormier weekend, with Sunday shaping up as the most active weather day. Storm outlook for the weekend Today\u2019s afternoon highs are expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weather Arizona: Showers and thunderstorms target Tucson - United States - Weather America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/05\/31\/weather-arizona-showers-and-thunderstorms-target-tucson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weather Arizona: Showers and thunderstorms target Tucson - United States - Weather America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Increasing rain and thunder chances into Sunday TUCSON, Arizona \u2014 Saturday, May 31, 2025 (local time) \u2014 After a partly cloudy Friday, weather conditions in Southern Arizona are evolving toward a wetter and stormier weekend, with Sunday shaping up as the most active weather day. 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