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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 10, 20215 counties in Colorado; San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this heat advisory at Jul 10, 2021, 3:19 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado; San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Jul 10, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2021, 3:19 AM MDT (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 10, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 318 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 863 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 9, 5:25 PM MDT, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:25 PM MDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:21 AM MDT, 23 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
321 AM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-100930-
Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin-
Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus-Elkhead and Park Mountains-
Upper Yampa River Basin-Grand Valley-Debeque to Silt Corridor-
Central Colorado River Basin-Grand and Battlement Mesas-
Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys-
Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin-
West Elk and Sawatch Mountains-Flat Tops-
Upper Gunnison River Valley-Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide-
Northwest San Juan Mountains-Southwest San Juan Mountains-
Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River-
Four Corners/Upper Dolores River-Animas River Basin-
San Juan River Basin-Southeast Utah-Eastern Uinta Mountains-
Eastern Uinta Basin-Tavaputs Plateau-Arches/Grand Flat-
La Sal and Abajo Mountains-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges-
321 AM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for eastern Utah and western
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Hot weather is expected again, with triple digit heat for the
lower desert valleys. Critical fire weather is possible across
portions of northwest Colorado and northeast Utah this afternoon.
Scattered showers and storms could produce strong winds and brief
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Critical fire weather is possible across portions of southwest
Colorado and southeast Utah tomorrow.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.