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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2025, 1:50 PM MST for 12 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Mar 6, 2025, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2025, 1:50 PM MST (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2025, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2025, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 Mar 5, 11:05 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 11:05 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 3:11 AM MST, 10 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 311 AM MST Wed Mar 5 2025 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-061015- 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- 311 AM MST Wed Mar 5 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Colorado, southwest Colorado, west central Colorado, east central Utah, northeast Utah and southeast Utah. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures are expected today. Clouds will be on the increase this afternoon, with mountain snow breaking out tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Mountain snow and valley rain is expected during the day Thursday, with some impressive precipitation rates. Snow showers will linger through the day Friday, before finally tapering off. High pressure builds in for the weekend, with another storm system expected to move through early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight, however spotters are encouraged to report snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 5, 8:59 AM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Mar 5, 11:27 AM MST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1127 AM MST Wed Mar 5 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0926 AM Snow 2 WNW Skyway 39.06N 108.15W
03/05/2025 M1.0 Inch Mesa CO Park/Forest Srvc
1.0 new snow, 45 inch base.
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DBLocal storm report, Mar 5, 11:29 AM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1129 AM MST Wed Mar 5 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0828 AM Snow Red Mountain Pass 37.90N 107.71W
03/05/2025 M10.0 Inch Ouray CO Public
10 inches new snow, 0.70 SWE.
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DBLocal storm report, Mar 5, 11:30 AM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1130 AM MST Wed Mar 5 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0829 AM Snow Molas Pass 37.74N 107.70W
03/05/2025 M1.0 Inch San Juan CO Public
1.0 new snow, 0.10 SWE.
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DBLocal storm report, Mar 5, 11:32 AM MST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1132 AM MST Wed Mar 5 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1132 AM Snow 4 E Camp Bird 37.97N 107.66W
03/05/2025 M7.0 Inch Ouray CO Dept of Highways
7.0 new snow, 0.35 SWE.
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DBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:48 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:54 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 49 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:54 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Delta, Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, Rio Blanco and 1 more | 45 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.