<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Arizona and Southeast California-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.07.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/yumafreeze030713body1.jpg" alt="images030713" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The desert growing regions of Arizona and Southeast California are in for another set of weather complications should the forecast play out as predicted.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Widespread rain will hit the areas Friday and into Saturday as moisture has increased significantly with a strong cold front and cut-off low. Rain may begin as early as tonight. Strong gusty winds will kick up Friday ranging around 50 mph in Southeast California and 40 mph elsewhere with the possibility for thunderstorms and localized heavy rains and flash flooding especially in the Greater Phoenix area north and eastward, according to weather reports. The rains are slated to taper off Saturday when temperatures begin cooling.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Widespread lettuce ice likely is likely Saturday and Sunday.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Growers have felt the challenges this season brought on by the weather complications when initially warmer temperatures in November and December put the deal way ahead of schedule. The 15 degree warmer conditions in November and December caused growers to use up acreage in the regions, Salinas growers confirm. With accelerated growth in the fields, growers had to pull a gap on the desert crop. The younger crop still needed warmth to grow but instead faced freezing conditions in late December and into the new year.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Stay tuned to AndNowuKnow for the latest on the weather complications in the desert growing regions of Arizona and Southeast California.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
