Little precipitation occurred during the month resulting in a continuation of drought conditions across extreme northwest Colorado.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Little precipitation occurred during the month resulting in a continuation of drought conditions across extreme northwest Colorado.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Oct 31, 1:32 PM MST, 10 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 232 PM MDT WED OCT 31 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... INSTABILITY CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING ONCE THE SUN SETS. VISIBLE SATELLITE AND KGJX RADAR DO NOT INDICATE ANY GREAT BUILDUPS AS OF 2030Z...BUT KEPT THE MENTION OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST AS MAY SEE SOME VIRGA OR LIGHT PRECIP FROM A FEW OF THE CLOUDS OVER THE CO MTNS. SKIES THEN CLEARING OVERNIGHT. BENIGN WEATHER EXPECTED THU AND FRI UNDER FAIRLY DRY W TO NW FLOW. FAIR WX CUMULUS OVER THE MTNS THU AFTN. PAC SHORTWAVE ZIPS ALONG THE CANADA/US BORDER ON THU...WITH THE TRAILING AND SHEARING SRN END OF IT FLOATING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THU NIGHT. LITTLE MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WITH THIS FEATURE SO NO MENTION OF PRECIP. 500 MB HEIGHTS BEGIN TO LOWER ON FRI AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NW. MOISTURE REMAINS LIMITED BUT INSTABILITY INCREASES A BIT...SO EXPECT A LITTLE MORE CLOUDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FRI AFTERNOON. LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO THE CURRENT TEMP GRIDS. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...MEANWHILE CONSIDERABLE ENERGY IN THE WESTERLIES IS CONFINED TO OUR NORTH AND EAST. THIS PATTERN PRODUCES A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER OUR REGION. SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT AT TIMES WHICH WILL BRING OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS TO THE REGION. OTHERWISE NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. ON ANOTHER NOTE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS BEGIN TO SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFER BY EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER THE EAST PACIFIC BUT SYNOPTIC DIFFERENCES REMAIN MINIMAL OVER THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND PERIODIC MVFR CEILINGS UNTIL 03Z NEAR THE DIVIDE WILL OBSCURE SOME MTN TOPS AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO IMPACT KASE LATE TODAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THU. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. SHORT TERM...JAD LONG TERM....MC AVIATION.....JAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT WED OCT 31 2007 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011145- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 545 AM MDT WED OCT 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8500 FEET WILL EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS... THOUGH THEIR IMPACT IS EXPECTED TO BE MINOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NL/JDC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate drought to abnormally dry conditions continued to plague the northwest portion of Moffat County. Impacts of the dryness were primarily hydrologic in nature. For a continuation on this event please see the December 2007 Storm Data publication.
The affects of long term drought continued to plague portions of central Moffat County as abnormally dry conditions remained across the area. For a continuation on this drought situation please see the December 2007 Storm Data publication.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, November 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 65528, 65538.