Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Grand Junction, CO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
436 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...VERY WARM AND WINDY TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A TRAILING
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA AND REACH NORTHEAST UTAH
AND EXTREME NORTHWEST COLORADO BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS THEN
EXPECTED TO SLOW AND MOVE TO FAR SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST
COLORADO BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY AND THEN MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE
FRONT TODAY. HOISTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. DEEP
MIXING IN TIGHT GRADIENT FLOW SHOULD GENERATE ADVISORY CRITERIA
GUSTS.

MOISTURE STILL LOOKS QUITE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THE
NAM DOES GENERATE MORE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FAR NORTH THAN
PREVIOUS CYCLES SO BOOSTED POPS A LITTLE FOR MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST
COLORADO FOR TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION COMING
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IN POST FRONTAL COLD AIR ADVECTION. A FEW
SHOWERS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS COOL CYCLONIC
FLOW REMAINS OVER THE AREA. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ON
WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND THROUGH THE
INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR EAST OF GRAND JUNCTION.

LITTLE CHANGE TO THE PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE FORECAST WITH AFTERNOON
HIGHS TODAY WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS FOR
WEDNESDAY.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE TROUGH REMAINS OVER EASTERN UT AND WESTERN CO
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES AT UPPER LEVELS
TRACK OVERHEAD THURSDAY AND ALSO THURSDAY NIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO
PORTRAY DRY CONDITIONS WITH LIMITED SHOWER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE NORTHERN MTNS CURRENTLY IN THE
FORECAST...ALTHOUGH TRENDED CLOUD COVER UPWARD AS AN AREA OF HIGHER
RH AROUND 500 MB IS INDICATED. AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA
MODELS BUILD A RIDGE OF OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEX AND THE
SOUTHWESTERN US. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL BY NEXT
WEEKEND WITH FAIRLY DRY CONDITIONS. A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES ARE
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW AND COULD SPAWN AN ISOLATED TS/SH
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT MAINLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK. KEPT POPS ON THE DRY SIDE.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS TODAY BUT STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WITH AREAS OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
LIKELY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST
GRADIENT FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS
FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING
SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS MID DAY TODAY THROUGH EARLY
EVENING SO A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...205...AND 207.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
SNOW MELT CONTINUES TO KEEP FLOWS HIGH ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN CENTRAL COLORADO...THROUGH FLOWS
CONTINUE TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY. LOCATIONS ALONG THE GREEN...YAMPA...
WHITE...CRYSTAL...AND EAGLE RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL.
FORECASTS FOR MANY LOCATIONS SHOW A CONTINUED GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FLOWS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...ALTHOUGH MANY WATERWAYS WILL STILL RUN
HIGH AND FAST AND WILL THEREFORE REQUIRE CLOSE MONITORING.

FLOOD ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH AND SHOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST THE NEXT
DAY. SOME RIVERS MAY INCREASE AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS
TEMPERATURES INCREASE OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW
MELTS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GJT
FOR MORE INFORMATION.

&&

.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.CO...FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR THE WHITE RIVER NEAR MEEKER...THE
       EAGLE RIVER BELOW GYPSUM...THE CRYSTAL RIVER ABOVE
       REDSTONE...AND THE YAMPA RIVER AT STEAMBOAT SPRINGS UNTIL
       FURTHER NOTICE.
      RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL
       AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 207 BELOW
       7000 FEET...AND ZONE 205 BELOW 8000 FEET.
      WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR LOWER
       ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING
       ZONES 1/2/5/6/7/8/11/20.
.UT...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE GREEN RIVER NEAR JENSEN UNTIL FURTHER
       NOTICE.
      WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR MUCH OF
       THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST UTAH...
       INCLUDING ZONES 27 AND 29.

SHORT TERM.....TAL
LONG TERM......AS
AVIATION.......TAL
FIRE WEATHER...EH/TAL
HYDROLOGY......AS

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