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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 /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/

Issued at 531 PM MDT Sat May 2 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the TAF period. Showers are still around KTEX but will diminish within the next few hours. Afternoon showers are possible at KTEX Sunday as well. Winds will be generally light and terrain driven. Some gusts are expected towards the end of the TAF period, starting around 19Z at some terminals. Skies overnight and into Sunday will mainly be filled with high clouds, with some pockets of mid level clouds developing Sunday afternoon, but nothing of concern.

GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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