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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2023, 2:26 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado; Grand County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Apr 3, 2023, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2023, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2023, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2023, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Archuleta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, Uintah County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 2539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 2, 11:31 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 11:31 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 354 AM MDT Sun Apr 2 2023 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-031000- 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- 354 AM MDT Sun Apr 2 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for eastern Utah and western Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Snow will begin over the northern mountains this evening and overnight. Outside of that, breezy and milder conditions expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Strong wind gusts exceeding 60 mph in the lower elevations and 70 mph in the mountains are likely Monday afternoon across portions of east-central and southeast Utah as well as west- central and southwest Colorado. Moderate to heavy snow is likely Monday night into Tuesday as a strong cold front and storm system moves through. Cold temperatures will support snow in the valleys. Blowing and drifting snow is expected especially in the mountains. The snow should end late Tuesday for most areas with unsettled conditions potentially through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 2, 12:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 2, 2:27 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, La Plata and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:41 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Eagle, Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 69 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:57 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 10 more | 54 hr |
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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.