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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO

March 31, 20255 counties in Colorado; San Juan County, Utah

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2025-03-31Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2025-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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.

&&

NL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 3:37 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more49 hr
Mar 31, 3:45 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJTGarfield, Mesa10 hr
Mar 31, 1:42 PM MDTFreeze WarningGJTGarfield, Mesa42 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.