Long term drought continued to impact extreme northeast Utah through the month. Elsewhere, significant winter precipitation and cool spring weather resulted in decreased dryness and an end of the drought conditions.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Long term drought continued to impact extreme northeast Utah through the month. Elsewhere, significant winter precipitation and cool spring weather resulted in decreased dryness and an end of the drought conditions.
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 Mar 31, 8:04 PM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 804 PM MST MON MAR 31 2008 .UPDATED...ALLOWED WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EXPIRE. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE FINAL PIECE OF THE LATEST STORM PUSHING ACROSS WESTERN CO THIS AFTERNOON. AREA OF CONVECTION ON THE NOSE OF THE UPPER JET SPARKED A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES IN W-CENTRAL CO. THIS JET WILL CONTINUE LIFTING TO THE NE AS THE UPPER LOW SCOOTS ACROSS WY. BEST DYNAMIC AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL PERSIST THE LONGEST OVER THE NRN AND CENTRAL MTNS NEAR THE DIVIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL KEEP THE WINTER HIGHLIGHTS GOING UNTIL 6 PM FOR CO ZONES 4/5/10/12/13. SATELLITE PICS INDICATE SUBSIDENCE OVER UT WITH LITTLE CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT FROM SFC HEATING IN THE COLDER AIR...WHICH WILL PUSH INTO WRN CO. WITH MAINLY INSTABILITY SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED TO DIE RATHER QUICKLY LATE TODAY WITH LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT...DO NOT THINK COVERAGE AND AMTS ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR BOOKCLIFF/SAN JUANS/GRAND MESA AND WILL CANCEL HIGHLIGHTS THESE AREAS AT ZONE ISSUANCE. WEST THEN SW FLOW DEVELOPS TUE-WED AS A WARM ADVECTIVE PATTERN SETS UP AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS CLOUDS. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NRN AND CNTRL MTNS. TEMPS ON THE UPSWING AS CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS MIXES OUT NIGHTTIME INVERSIONS. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... CONVERGENT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BE OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH 2 SHORT WAVES PROGGED TO AFFECT THE REGION. THE FIRST ONE IN THE SRN BRANCH EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE SOUTH INTO NEW MEXICO AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SECONDARY AND STRONGER SHORT WAVE COUPLED WITH COLD ADVECTION WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS WEAKISH COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA. FEEL THE BEST CHANCE OF PCPN WILL BE THURSDAY...FOCUSED OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS. TROF PASSAGE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FLOW WILL VEER TO THE NORTHWEST PROVIDING SOME INSTABILITY AND OROGRAPHIC FORCING OVER THE NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE GRT BASIN FRIDAY BRINGING WARMING AND DRYING BUT CONFIDENCE DEGRADES AS MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE. BY SATURDAY EC AND GFS ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF PHASE WITH THE GFS SHOWING A RIDGE OVER THE GRT BASIN WHILE THE EC HAS A TROF. HPC GUIDANCE SHOWS A RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST AND LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE CNTRL US. THIS PROBABLY THE WAY TO GO WHICH SHOWS NW FLOW THROUGH MONDAY WITH EMBEDDED WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS. THE MOST REALISTIC TREND WILL BE TO BROAD BRUSH WITH SCATTERED POPS MAINLY OVER THE NORTH SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST UNTIL 03Z ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED -SHRA/-SHSN FOR THE VALLEYS DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. SHORT TERM...JAD/NL LONG TERM....MC AVIATION.....JAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 809 PM MST MON MAR 31 2008 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011245- 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- 809 PM MST MON MAR 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE DIVIDE AND MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...THOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT NEW SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND JUNCTION. TGJT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate Drought conditions diminished to a very small area of northwest Daggett County by the end of the month. For a continuation on this drought situation please see the May 2008 Storm Data publication.
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