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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2014, 10:41 AM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 10:41 AM MDT (16:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT, Uintah County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191 WWUS75 KGJT 291641 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1041 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 COZ006-007-011-020>022-UTZ022-027-029-300045- /O.NEW.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SOUTHEAST UTAH-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 1041 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-300045- /O.NEW.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 1041 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
7 follow-up statements
079 WWUS75 KGJT 291922 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 122 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 COZ006-007-011-020>022-UTZ022-027-029-300600- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SOUTHEAST UTAH-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 122 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-300600- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 122 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
051 WWUS75 KGJT 300419 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1019 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 COZ006-007-011-020>022-UTZ022-027-029-301230- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SOUTHEAST UTAH-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 1019 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-301230- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 1019 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
090 WWUS75 KGJT 301008 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ021-UTZ022-301815- /O.NEW.KGJT.DU.Y.0001.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER 1 PM WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ006-007-011-020-022-UTZ027-029-301815- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH LATE MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER 1 PM MDT WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-301815- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY NOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
491 WWUS75 KGJT 301656 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1056 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ021-UTZ022-310100- /O.CON.KGJT.DU.Y.0001.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 1056 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED AFTER 3 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ006-007-011-020-022-UTZ027-029-310100- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 1056 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 3 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-310100- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 1056 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
425 WWUS75 KGJT 302038 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 238 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ021-UTZ022-310300- /O.CON.KGJT.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 238 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR BEFORE 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ006-007-011-020-022-UTZ027-029-310300- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 238 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-310300- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 238 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
345 WWUS75 KGJT 310003 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 603 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ023-310300- /O.EXA.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 603 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR BEFORE 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUSDRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ021-UTZ022-310300- /O.CON.KGJT.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 603 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR BEFORE 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUSDRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ006-007-011-020-022-UTZ027-029-310300- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 603 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUSDRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-310300- /O.CON.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 603 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO 8 PM MDT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A FEW MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY BUFFETING WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUSDRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES... HEART DISEASE...THE ELDERLY...AND CHILDREN ARE RECOMMENDED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERCISE OR HEAVY EXERTION DUE TO WIND-BLOWN DUST. && $$
852 WWUS75 KGJT 310247 NPWGJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 847 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ021-UTZ022-310400- /O.EXP.KGJT.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 847 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE REST OF THIS EVENING...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY AND BLOWING DUST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-022-UTZ027-029-310400- /O.EXP.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 847 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE REST OF THIS EVENING...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ003-009-017>019-UTZ025-028-310400- /O.EXP.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...SKYWAY...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO... HESPERUS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 847 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE REST OF THIS EVENING...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ023-310400- /O.EXP.KGJT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0300Z/ SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 847 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE REST OF THIS EVENING...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CJC
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 29, 4:18 AM MDT, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:18 AM MDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 418 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 415 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 00Z H5 HAND ANALYSIS SHOWED STRONG HEIGHT INCREASES FROM THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AS TRANSITORY UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN. THESE HEIGHT INCREASES SHOULD BE SWITCHING TO HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE RIDGE ZIPS ACROSS THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES AND HEIGHTS FALL OUT WEST. WATER VAPOR SHOWING A GULF OF ALASKA SYSTEM MERGING WITH A LOW OFF THE PAC NORTHWEST COAST THIS MORNING. AS THESE SYSTEMS ROTATE AROUND EACH OTHER...A PIECE OF ENERGY WILL BE FLUNG ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS WAVE PICKS UP SOME COLDER AIR AND SENDS IT SOUTH FOR A TRAILING WAVE TO UTILIZE AS IT SWINGS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TO THE ROCKIES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THIS LAGGING WAVE WILL IMPACT OUR CWA BY PROVIDING LIFT AND FORCING A COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM AND FRONT WILL BE THE CHALLENGE IN THE SHORT TERM. TODAY WILL BE A FAIRLY PLEASANT DAY AS THERMAL RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING WILL BE DEEP AND SOME BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL JUST BE A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME FOR SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND GOING FORECAST LOOKED ON TRACK SO ONLY SOME MINOR TWEAKS NEEDED. THE MID LEVEL GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN THE BACKED SOUTHWEST FLOW TONIGHT WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS LIKELY TO BEGIN TO IMPACT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS AT 300K INDICATE A DECENT FETCH OF PACIFIC MOISTURE BUT MUCH OF THIS LOOKS TO ALIGHT WITH THE FRONT SLATED TO ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. PWATS WELL BELOW NORMAL THIS AM AND INGREDIENTS ARE SETTING UP FOR ANOTHER WIND EVENT ON SUNDAY. WITH MAINLY HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE TO WORK WITH BACKED OFF ON POPS IN THE LOWER ELELVATIONS UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MUCH OF THIS PCPN WILL BE FALLING IN THE FORM OF VIRGA IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA OR SHOWERS WITH VERY LIMITED RAINFALL. THE TIGHTENED GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT...DEEP ELEVATED MIXED LAYER/INVERTED V PROFILES...AND SHOWERS SHOULD BRING SOME GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AGAIN TO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST CWA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL EXACERBATE THE DOWNWARD MOMENTUM. BUFKIT PROFILES IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA HAVE 75-90 KTS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER WITH LAYER AVERAGES WELL INTO THE 40KT RANGE. THEREFORE CONFIDENCE FAIRLY HIGH THAT WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED. DID CONSIDER A WATCH WITH CONVECTION PLAYING A ROLE IN THE HIGHER GUSTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS OTHER PRODUCTS FOR NOW. BLOWING DUST AND ANOTHER DUST ON SNOW EVENT APPEAR LIKELY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES A BIT TRICKY WITH THE FRONT MOVING...AND THERE IS A 10 TO 12 DEGREE SPREAD IN GUIDANCE AS A RESULT OF MODELS DIFFERENCES. DID RAISE SOME AREAS IN THE CENTRAL CWA DUE TO MIXING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SHOWERS WILL INCREASE BY THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN CWA AS THE FRONT AND UPPER ASCENT MERGE AND TAKE AIM ON THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TOMORROW NIGHT. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 415 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 UNSETTLED WEEK AHEAD STARTS OFF WITH CONTINUED STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF APPROACHING SFC FRONT AND PACIFIC TROUGH. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY ROLL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT. EXPECT A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO ADVANCE THROUGH THE AREA AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...WITH POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN COLORADO. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OFF AOA 9K...BUT QUICKLY DROP BEHIND THE FRONT. HOWEVER...DURATION OF THE EVENT LIMITING FACTOR AT THIS POINT FOR POTENTIAL HIGHLIGHTS AND CURRENTLY CARRYING SUB-ADVISORY AMOUNTS BETWEEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BRIEF RIDGING ROLLS THROUGH MONDAY WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND ONLY ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING ALONG THE DIVIDE. AS RIDGE AXIS PASSES EARLY MONDAY EVENING...FLOW FLIPS BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH ANOTHER WINDY DAY IN STORE FOR TUESDAY AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM THE BRINGS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOW STAYS SOUTHWEST THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH PACIFIC ENERGY TRYING TO CLOSE OFF A LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST STATES. GFS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS FEATURE DRAGGING A CLOSED LOW SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE TAP OF MOISTURE COULD BRING MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTHERN ZONES. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF MORE PROGRESSIVE AND SHALLOW WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WOULD FAVOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ATTM...INCLINED TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND KEEP POPS LOWER FOR NOW AND AWAIT BETTER RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. TEMPS WILL BE UP AND DOWN ALL WEEK WITH READINGS ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF WAVES...THEN DROPPING BACK TO MORE SEASONAL READINGS BEHIND THEM. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 415 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT AREA TERMINAL FORECAST SITES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. EXPECT INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS NEAR MOUNTAIN TOP LEVELS. THE WINDS DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT REDEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...NONE. UT...NONE. && SHORT TERM...15 LONG TERM...JDC AVIATION...JDC
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:05 AM MDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:52 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Eagle, Garfield, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt | 44 hr |
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