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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 4, 202411 counties in Colorado; Daggett County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2024, 3:23 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado; Daggett County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at May 5, 2024, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2024, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2024, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 6, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Daggett County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2024-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2024-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 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 May 4, 11:37 AM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 11:37 AM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:35 AM MDT, 11 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
335 AM MDT Sat May 4 2024

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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-
335 AM MDT Sat May 4 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A few scattered showers and storms are possible this afternoon
and evening along the central and southern Continental Divide
mountains. Gusty winds and lightning are the main risks.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Very strong winds are likely on Sunday ahead of an approaching
strong low pressure system. Max gusts upwards of 65 mph are
forecast in the valleys with gusts up to 80 mph forecast in the
mountains. A High Wind Watch remains in effect from Sunday morning
through Sunday evening.

The strong low pressure system and its attendant cold front will
bring widespread precipitation and much cooler temperatures as it
moves through Sunday night into Monday. There is the increasing
potential for accumulating snow in the mountains, particularly in
the central and northern Colorado mountains where 6 inches or more
of snow is possible. In the wake of the storm, cool and unsettled
weather likely persists through most of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 3:23 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGJTDelta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more33 hr

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.