Blizzard warning issued for Southern Arizona

All photos credited to Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

The winds have already picked up and it feels like the makings of a snow day –- but since this is Tucson , it is more like a wind-and-rain day!  Winds will gust up to 75 mph –- the most intense storm we’ve had since I moved here!  Ah, Mother Nature!

We had a little snow the other night.  In the photo below, a bird perches with the snow-dusted Santa Catalinas in the background following an overnight storm that left snow at the higher elevations and quite a bit of rain in the valley yesterday.

Northern Arizona is expected to get up to 3 feet of snow today and Friday, with up to 4 inches of rain in the Phoenix area possible and 3 inches here in Tucson. More photos tomorrow!