Montrose, Colorado 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
422 PM MST Sun Feb 22 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- High pressure builds in through the weekend bringing dry
  conditions and warming temperatures Sunday onwards.

- Precipitation chances increase midweek though the finer
  details still need to be worked out.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 1257 PM MST Sun Feb 22 2026

The high pressure ridge building across the Western States continues
to dominate the weather pattern over eastern Utah and Western
Colorado. Skies will be mostly clear with some high thin clouds
spilling over the top of the ridge. Temperatures will warm to near
normal today in the lower valleys and to about five degrees above
normal in the mountains with temperatures warming yet another five
degrees tomorrow under the influence of the ridge. The morning lows
will run near normal due to the mostly clear skies overnight. By
Monday night, we`ll start seeing heavier cloud cover over the
northern areas ahead of a shortwave descending through the Pacific
Northwest.

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 1257 PM MST Sun Feb 22 2026

Moisture starts increasing across the area Tuesday as the next
system begins to affect the area. Upper level support for this
feature will be the jet stream as it moves from north to south
Tuesday through Thursday. Deeper mixing and a tightening pressure
gradient will bring some gusty winds to the most of the higher
terrain and also the northern valleys. Gusts of 25 to 35 mph can`t
be ruled out each afternoon. As far as precip goes, the northern
mountains are favored for the most accumulating snow thanks to the
northwesterly characteristics of the system along with favorable
orographic lift. The Flat Tops and central mountains can expect some
snow as well but, for now, amounts don`t look too impressive. The
unseasonably warm temperatures ahead of the system will also keep
snow levels fairly high to start, much like we`ve seen with just
about every system this winter. For now, snowfall totals look to be
in the 6 to 12 inch range for the Park Range and 3 to 6 inches for
the other areas mentioned above. These amounts are not locked in
even though confidence is increasing as models have been fairly
consistent over the last few runs. Thursday onwards, ridging returns
bringing more warm temps, especially for the weekend...back to 10 to
15 degrees above normal.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 422 PM MST Sun Feb 22 2026

Passing high clouds and light winds can be expected to keep VFR
firmly in place over the next 24 hours.

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.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

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

&&

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SHORT TERM...DB
LONG TERM...TGR
AVIATION...TGJT