textproduct: Grand Junction

KEY MESSAGES

- Chances for showers in the mountains continue through mid next week.

- Temperatures warm above average this weekend and cool back to normal on Tuesday and Wednesday.

- Precipitation chances increase for the valleys late Sunday into early next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1129 AM MDT Sat May 2 2026

THIS WEEKEND

Residual moisture along with steep lapse rates will support afternoon showers and storms in the southern and central mountains today and tomorrow. They could produce minor snowfall generally above 9 kft. Most locations will be dry with temperatures near normal today to around 5-10 degrees above average tomorrow. Some valleys will dip below freezing the next few nights, but not enough to warrant any freeze products.

THIS WEEK

The next low pressure system is currently approaching the West Coast. This low looks to advect more moisture into the area Sunday night into Monday. Expect scattered showers and storms in response that increased mositure and instability. The low pressure tracks over our region on Tuesday and Wednesday. There is still some uncertainty how this system will evolve, but precipitation chances increase regardless. There is the potential for accumulating snowfall in the higher terrain as well. Temperatures will drop back down to normal on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the system moving through. Conditions dry out and warm up for Thursday and Friday. We may be clipped from troughs embedded in the northwest aloft, which would bring showers back to the region.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 1144 AM MDT Sat May 2 2026

VFR conditions are forecasted through the TAF period with light, terrain-driven winds. An afternoon shower or two cannot be ruled out at KTEX.

GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

CO...None. UT...None.