Valley expected to have ‘areas of drizzle’ end Saturday

The brief period of rain experienced this weekend in the Phoenix area is just about done, as Saturday saw the Valley receive isolated light showers.

The weekend precipitation fell mainly Saturday morning after Friday brought showers and a few thunderstorms ahead of a system expected to arrive early in the week.

“There’s still enough residual moisture leftover that’s leading to these areas of very light showers for the most part — there’s been a few areas I’ve seen with a little bit heavier showers — but mostly just light showers and areas of drizzle (Saturday afternoon). Should be coming to an end by this evening,” Katherine Berislavich, a meteoroligist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, told KTAR News 92.3 FM.

NWS forecasted less than 0.1 inch of rainfall in Phoenix metro Saturday, with less than 10% of the area getting any amount of measurable precipitation.

The Fountain Hills area and further north toward Cave Creek received the only measurable rain in the Valley earlier on Saturday.

Conditions remain clear for Sunday and Monday, but Tuesday presents the Phoenix area with the next big chance of rain.

“We have a 60-80% chance of rain, and then there could be some thunderstorms with that. …We’re looking at maybe anywhere from a tenth up to half an inch of rain across the Phoenix metro,” Berislavich said.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Anna Olp contributed to this report.

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