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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Saturday, 19 September 2026

Phoenix, Arizona Revisions MILEPOST 1144

Phoenix's forecast for Tuesday has moved 7°F colder

103°F in the 20260917T18:00Z run, 96°F in the 20260919T12:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 19°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Tuesday, September 29 at 00Z in Phoenix, that trail runs from 102.6°F in the 20260917T18:00Z cycle to 95.6°F in the 20260919T12:00Z — a move of -6.9°F across 8 runs.

The change sits well inside the run's own spread, which is the guidance converging rather than reversing.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Tuesday at 00Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-6.9 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 3
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
18.9 °F normal 6.9 °F
current run
Milepost
1144 · laid 2026-09-19T22:25:21Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260919T12:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
8b84c5c906692d67493aa19d2ec6b6dbd4eca4fefdb73cf14a6b85e28cd0f452
Machine
JSON