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FXUS65 KGJT 041122
AFDGJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
522 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR MOST VALLEYS,
AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A FEW LESS VALLEYS.
- DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
- CHANCES ARE INCREASING OF MORE WIDESPREAD, YET LIGHT
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1043 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2026
FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED BY WARMING UP
A FREEZE WARNING IS OUT AGAIN TONIGHT AS WE ARE STILL
RECOVERING FROM THE FRIGID COLD FRONT WHICH SWEPT THROUGH
THURSDAY. SOME AREAS AROUND THE CO-NM BORDER MAY SEE THEIR
COLDEST OVERNIGHT LOWS OF THE WEEK TONIGHT, MEANWHILE MUCH OF
NORTHWESTERN COLORADO IS STARTING TO WARM BACK UP. EVEN SO,
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO BRING OVERNIGHT LOWS
BELOW FREEZING IN SOME SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL. BY MONDAY MORNING, LOWS WILL BE
BACK ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE MAJORITY OF ALL VALLEYS, AND THUS
FREEZE CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END FOR THE TIME
BEING. AS WE WARM UP, LOOK FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS TO REACH 5-10
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK
WEEK.
RAIN AND SNOW AHEAD
MILD SNOW SHOWERS ARE WINDING DOWN THROUGH THIS MORNING,
SETTING UP FOR A MOSTLY QUIET WEEKEND WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AS
RIDGING RETURNS OVER THE REGION. THROUGHOUT THE WORK WEEK
THOUGH, WE WILL RECEIVE MILD PUSHES OF MOISTURE THAT WILL PROMPT
MULTIPLE DAYS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION. THE AFOREMENTIONED
WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP VALLEY RAIN IN PLACE AS ONLY
HIGHER ELEVATIONS, LIKELY NEAR AND ABOVE PASS LEVEL, HOLD THE
POTENTIAL TO SEE ANY IMPACTFUL SNOWFALL. IN THESE HIGH ELEVATION
LOCATIONS, THE NBM ISN'T TOO OPTIMISTIC WITH SNOW TOTALS
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE WEEK, WITH ACCUMULATIONS TOPPING
OUT AT ONLY A FEW INCHES, MOST OF THAT EXPECTED TO COME IN THE
LATE-WEEK PERIOD WHEN A NEW TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG THROUGH THE
SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. TRENDS COULD CERTAINLY SHIFT BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN, BUT WITH THE WAY MODEL GUIDANCE STANDS AT THE MOMENT,
THIS WEEK-LONG WETTER WEATHER IS LOOKING LIKE IT WON'T AMOUNT TO
MUCH IN THE WAY OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 520 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2026
SOME MIDLEVEL CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT KHDN AND AND KEGE
THROUGH 16 TO 18Z BEFORE DISSIPATING. DESPITE THOSE CLOUDS, VFR
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GENERALLY LIGHT
WINDS EXPECTED AS WELL THOUGH AN OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUST CAN'T BE
RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON.
GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CO...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING FOR COZ001-006>008-
011-020>023.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
COZ001-007-008-011-020>023.
UT...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING FOR UTZ022-024-027-
029.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
UTZ024.
DISCUSSION...TGJT
AVIATION...TGJT
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