A storm moving across Mexico that was expected to turn toward Arizona has instead steered in the opposite direction, significantly reducing the amount of rain expected around Tucson today and tomorrow, the weather service said.
Former tropical cyclone Lorena's path shifted west and slowed down, keeping the heaviest rainfall in Mexico.
See what today's weather forecast looks like in Tucson.
The switch in Lorena's movement prompted the National Weather Service in Tucson to cancel the Flood Watch here Friday and Saturday.
Still, showers are expected along the Arizona-Sonora border today as well as areas where it'll get hot enough to encourage storms despite cloudy skies and cooler than normal temperatures in the region, the weather service said.
Today's high temperature in Tucson will be 91 degrees, with a 30% chance of rain.
Rain chances here rise to 40% Friday night and Saturday, the forecast shows.
Saturday there will be a more typical monsoon day with scattered showers and thunderstorms with chances for localized areas of flash flooding.
Saturday's high in Tucson also is expected to be 91 degrees.
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A bolt of lightning illuminates a column of rain drenching mid-town, part of a powerful monsoon cell that dropped rain, winds and hail over parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 20, 2021.
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A rainbow arcs over the eastern sky behind a stand of saguaros along north Campbell Avenue, part of the scattered monsoon storm that rumbled over Tucson, Ariz., August 8, 2023.
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The setting sun lights up the patchy monsoon clouds overhead as Omar Rojas Jr. works on pitching out of the stretch with his dad, Omar Sr., on the diamond at David G. Herrera and Ramon Quiroz Park, Tucson, Ariz., July 21, 2022. The two Omars were working out while daughter/sister Julissa practiced nearby with her softball team. Monsoon 2022 may finally bring the rain, with precipitation forecast this weekend and throughout the coming week.
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Aurora Apodaca, left, lets out a laugh as she plays in the aftermath of a monsoon storm with Oscar Stump on the west side of Tucson in 2023.
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A woman watches the water flow down the Santa Cruz River from the Congress Street bridge on September 08, 2014. Tucson Police Department officers taped off a portion of the pedestrian/bike path along the Santa Cruz River that leads underneath Congress Street. A monsoon storm that dropped a record amount of rain on Monday. The closing of the path was a precaution due to the risk of the rising water.
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Scott Saas listens to music while rain showers continue throughout Southern Arizona, E. University Blvd, Dec. 1, 2023. Tucson is predicted to get anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain Friday.
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The "Balancing Actâ sculpture poses underneath the dark cloudy skies as rain showers pass through Southern Arizona, 4502 North First Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
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A truck drives through flooded streets as heavy rain showers hit the city of Tucson, West Fort Lowell Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2025.
