textproduct: Grand Junction
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KEY MESSAGES
- A warming trend begins tomorrow, with temperatures climbing to 10-15 degrees above normal by mid-week.
- Favored cold pool valleys, including the Gunnison and Yampa river valleys, will see another chilly night with lows near to several degrees below zero again tonight.
- Dry and quiet conditions persist through the week.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/
Issued at 229 AM MST Sun Jan 11 2026
Though the flow aloft remains mostly northwesterly to northerly across eastern Utah and Western Colorado through the next two days due to the influence of the high pressure to the west and troughing to the east, the thermal gradient is nearly orthogonal to the pressure gradient for maximum warm air advection (WAA). Hence the warming trend will continue into the coming week. Look for temperatures about five degrees above normal today across the region, warming to about ten degrees above normal tomorrow under mostly sunny skies, the exception being some passing high clouds this afternoon. Even the high mountain valleys will see the impacts of the WAA with weak morning inversions that break early. Dry weather is the forecast with light terrain driven breezes going into the work week.
LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/
Issued at 148 PM MST Sat Jan 10 2026
High pressure drives the forecast through much of next week. This will lead to a stretch of warm days, cool nights, and dry conditions. There may be some light orographic snow showers over the northern mountains from time to time due to persistent northwesterly flow aloft, but impacts are not anticipated. Aside from the Tuesday into Wednesday timeframe, the airmass overhead may even be too dry for orographic flurries.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/
Issued at 310 AM MST Sun Jan 11 2026
Expect VFR conditions through the TAF period with generally light terrain driven winds. The exceptions will be the stronger easterly drainage winds at KGJT and KHDN in the early morning hours.
GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CO...None. UT...None.
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