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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Sunday, 20 September 2026

Phoenix, Arizona Revisions MILEPOST 1155

Phoenix's forecast for Tuesday has moved 8°F colder

102°F in the 20260918T12:00Z run, 93°F in the 20260920T06:00Z — the 2nd-largest revision of the 3 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 23°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 101.5°F in the 20260918T12:00Z cycle to 93.3°F in the 20260920T06:00Z — a move of -8.2°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)
-8.2 °F normal 0.0 °F · 2 of 3
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
22.7 °F normal 8.2 °F
current run
Milepost
1155 · laid 2026-09-20T17:25:19Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260920T06:00Z
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
db253e7e816629c1a9c763e4916c51b9aa16b8ca1f038a07e741910803ff75a4
Machine
JSON