Wind Advisory
from SAT 12:00 PM MST until SAT 10:00 PM MST, Western Pima County including Ajo/Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells, Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys including Nogales, Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail, South Central Pinal County including Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park, Southeast Pinal County including Kearny/Mammoth/Oracle, Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson, Eastern Cochise County below 5000 ft including Douglas/Wilcox, Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford, White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties including Hannagan Meadow, Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains including Mount Graham, Chiricahua Mountains including Chiricahua National Monument, Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon, Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains including Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven, Baboquivari Mountains including Kitt Peak, Kofa, Central La Paz, Aguila Valley, Southeast Yuma County, Gila River Valley, Northwest Valley, Tonopah Desert, Gila Bend, Buckeye/Avondale, Cave Creek/New River, Deer Valley, Central Phoenix, North Phoenix/Glendale, New River Mesa, Scottsdale/Paradise Valley, Rio Verde/Salt River, East Valley, Fountain Hills/East Mesa, South Mountain/Ahwatukee, Southeast Valley/Queen Creek, Superior, Northwest Pinal County, West Pinal County, Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Tonto Basin, Mazatzal Mountains, Pinal/Superstition Mountains, Sonoran Desert Natl Monument, San Carlos, Dripping Springs, Globe/Miami, Southeast Gila County

Runners ready to run in the scorching Arizona heat might get cooler temperatures instead

What a difference a day makes. On Thursday, the high temperature was 109°F (~42.78°C). On Friday, the forecast high was just 93°F (~33.89°C), representing a 16°F swing in temperatures.

Those cooler temperatures are expected to stick around until Saturday, which is disappointing some runners who were planning to take part in an extreme challenge.

Eager competitors in the Scottsdale Beat The Heat picking up their race materials Friday afternoon at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, and they cannot wait to test themselves against the brutal Arizona summer sun.

But what if it's not brutal, but positively balmy?

Preparations are underway at Westworld, where the racers will start and finish. The race will feature 5km and 10km races. Runners start near 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, which means they're usually out there pounding the pavement, during some of the hottest hours of the day.

Instead they may be dodging raindrops.

FOX 10's Steve Krafft reports.