The weather forecast for the week is expected to do a 180-degree turn, beginning with continued monsoon rain and ending with extreme heat.
Coming off the weekend, where storms mostly remained in the high elevations, rainfall chances expanded back into the lower desert and Valley on Monday and Tuesday, July 20 and 21. They’ll develop along the Mogollon Rim to the north and east, along with a 20-30% chance of storms surviving into the lower elevations in the evening.
A few brief heavy downpours, wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph and light rain fell in the Phoenix area the evening of July 20, with rain totals under 0.25 of an inch, the National Weather Service reported. Outflow winds moved through metro Phoenix and swept southwest, toward Gila Bend. The weather service issued a dust advisory and warned of low visibility on Interstate 8…