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FXUS65 KGJT 251927
AFDGJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1227 PM MST SUN JAN 25 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- A QUICK SYSTEM WILL BRING 1 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOME SURROUNDING VALLEYS.
- SOME GUSTY WINDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY BRING REDUCED
VISBILITIES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE SNOW IS FALLING.
- DRY AND WARMING CONDITIONS RETURN NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/
ISSUED AT 1225 PM MST SUN JAN 25 2026
A SHORTWAVE IS CURRENTLY CLIPPING PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
THIS WAVE IS PROVIDING WEAK LIFT AND MOISTURE THAT HAS RESULTED IN
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE COMMON IN THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SAN JUANS.
THE UPPER YAMPA AND COLORADO RIVER VALLEYS COULD SEE THESE SNOW
SHOWERS AS WELL. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1-5 INCHES ONCE
THE SHOWERS DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. THE WAVE HAS ALSO INCREASED THE
WINDS SPEEDS ALOFT, WHICH COULD IMPACT VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. SKIES CLEAR TONIGHT MAKING FOR ANOTHER RELATIVELY CHILLY
NIGHT ESPECIALLY THOSE FAVORED COLD POOLS. TOMORROW WILL BE SLIGHTLY
WARMER WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS.
LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1225 PM MST SUN JAN 25 2026
RIDGING OVER THE WEST COAST WILL KEEP US IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO GRADUALLY WARM UP THROUGH THE WEEK.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW WAVES TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW, WHICH
WOULD BRING CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE
TREND OF NO SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS LATE IN THE PERIOD CONTINUES INTO
NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 1027 AM MST SUN JAN 25 2026
MOST OF THE REGION WILL SIT UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND VFR
CONDITIONS TODAY, BUT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY IMPACT KASE,
KEGE, AND KHDN, WITH LOWER POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AT KRIL, KTEX,
AND KGUC. CIGS WILL LIKELY PERIODICALLY FALL BELOW ILS
BREAKPOINTS AS STORMS PASS OVER THESE TERMINALS. THE MORE
WIDESPREAD CONCERN WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 20-30 KTS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CALMER, YET POTENTIALLY
STILL BREEZY WINDS TAKE OVER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.
GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CO...NONE.
UT...NONE.
SHORT TERM...KJS
LONG TERM...KJS
AVIATION...TGJT
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