CTLR WORKLOAD OVERLOAD DUE TO COMBINED POS OF OP.

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ON JAN/XX/95 AT APPROX XA00; I WAS WORKING THE FINAL CTL POS AT PHX RADAR APCH CTL (P50 TRACON). I WAS WORKING BOTH THE N FINALS (F) SECTOR AND S FINALS (X) SECTOR COMBINED TO 1 RADAR POS. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD THE WX WAS VFR WITH STRONG GUSTING WINDS FROM THE W DURING AND JUST AFTER SUNSET (DUSK). NO SIMULTANEOUS VISUAL APCHS FOR PARALLEL RWYS 26 WERE IN USE. STARTING AT APPROX XB30 AN EXCESSIVE VOLUME OF ARR TFC WAS REALIZED. THE VOLUME OF TFC WAS COMPLICATED BY A COMBINATION OF STRONG TAILWINDS ON THE DOWNWIND AND STRONG HEADWINDS ON THE FINAL. THE TFC WAS ADDITIONALLY EXASPERATED BY IT BEING THE HRS OF DUSK; MAKING VISUAL ACQUISITION OF THE ARPT AND TFC DIFFICULT. PROPER TFC MGMNT WAS MADE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD BECAUSE THE DUAL FINALS WERE COMBINED TO 1 SECTION; AND THE AREA SUPVR ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF CIC (CTLR IN CHARGE); ARC (ARRIVAL RADAR COORDINATOR) AND TMC (TFC MGMNT COORDINATOR). THE VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF TFC WAS EXCESSIVE AND I RECEIVED NO HELP.