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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2025, 1:42 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado; San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Apr 1, 2025, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2025, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2025, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2025, 6:00 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 19:46 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 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 31, 12:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:59 AM MDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 459 AM MDT Mon Mar 31 2025 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011100- 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- 459 AM MDT Mon Mar 31 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. Warm and windy conditions will occur this afternoon and evening ahead of a strong cold front with gusts up to 50 mph in some areas. Mountain snow and valley rain will increase this evening with moderate to heavy snow favoring the northern and central Colorado mountains overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. The cold front and associated low pressure system will continue moving through the area Tuesday with mountain snow and valley rain and snow through Tuesday night. Much colder temperatures will arrive Tuesday and beyond with below freezing temperatures Tuesday night potentially impacting budding vegetation. Unsettled weather continues through the weekend as more storm systems track across the area. .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 31, 10:49 AM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1049 AM MDT Mon Mar 31 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM Snow Red Mountain Pass 37.90N 107.71W
03/31/2025 M4.0 Inch Ouray CO Dept of Highways
0.1 inches snow water equivalent.
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NLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:37 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 49 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:45 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:42 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Garfield, Mesa | 42 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.