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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 300 AM MDT Thu Sep 21 2023 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-221500- Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus-Elkhead and Park Mountains- Upper Yampa River Basin-Grand Valley-Debeque to Silt Corridor- Central Colorado River Basin-Grand and Battlement Mesas- Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys- Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin- West Elk and Sawatch Mountains-Flat Tops-Upper Gunnison River Valley- Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide-Northwest San Juan Mountains- Southwest San Juan Mountains-Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River-Animas River Basin- San Juan River Basin-Southeast Utah-Eastern Uinta Mountains- Eastern Uinta Basin-Tavaputs Plateau-Arches/Grand Flat- La Sal and Abajo Mountains-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges- 300 AM MDT Thu Sep 21 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Colorado, southwest Colorado, west central Colorado, east central Utah, northeast Utah and southeast Utah. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms across the south this morning will diminish before midday. Apart from some isolated storms over the northern mountains this afternoon, dry weather will prevail area-wide. Gusty southwest winds paired with humidities in the teens will lead to areas of near-critical fire weather conditions this afternoon, favoring the Four Corners region. Tonight will see showers and a few embedded storms persist across northeast Utah and portions of northwest Colorado into sunrise. Light snow will also fall over the Eastern Uinta Mountains overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Gusty southwest winds and dry conditions will produce periods of localized near-critical fire weather conditions in the Four Corners area and the lower valleys along and south of the I-70 corridor Friday afternoon. Expect another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms across the northern areas on Friday as a system lifts overhead. Light winds and dry conditions under high pressure returns for the weekend and next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$