Fire Weather Conditions in the Northwest U.S.; Heavy Rain in the West and South-central U.S.

Extreme heat is waning over the Pacific Northwest. Dry, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather to the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. Heavy rain and thunderstorms continue across portions of the Great Basin, Rockies, and central/southern Plains into the Ozarks. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and strong winds to southwest Alaska. Read More >

Today (Wednesday, February 27th) between 8 am and 5 pm,

the Montrose NOAA Weather Radio (KXI-90 on this map) will intermittently lose audio.

The outage will be intermittent during the time listed above due to state technicians cutting over to the upgraded microwave line. This outage will affect the Montrose, Delta, Gunnison and Ouray listening areas. The map below shows the approximate area of outage.

If you need access to forecast information during the outage, please visit https://www.weather.gov/gjt/ for weather information. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Map of NWR transmitter locations

GJT RSS Feed

Fire Weather Conditions in the Northwest U.S.; Heavy Rain in the West and South-central U.S.

Intermittent NOAA Weather Radio Outage in Montrose - 2/27 between 8 am and 5 pm