Low level moisture trapped at the surface due to a recent winter storm resulted in areas of dense fog within the region.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Low level moisture trapped at the surface due to a recent winter storm resulted in areas of dense fog within the region.
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 Jan 6, 11:24 PM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
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</html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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1133 PM MST WED JAN 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 W MOAB 38.58N 109.57W
01/06/2016 E0.05 INCH GRAND UT TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER GJT1600045
JOEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
206 AM MST THU JAN 07 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 AM SNOW 3 N GRAND JUNCTION 39.13N 108.55W
01/07/2016 M1.1 INCH MESA CO NWS EMPLOYEE
6 HOUR SNOWFALL.
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EVENT NUMBER GJT1600046
DCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread dense fog occurred in some valley areas of Delta and Montrose County. Visibilities occasionally dropped down to a quarter mile at the Montrose Regional Airport and the Delta Blake Field Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 2016
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 617569.