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UTAH · GRAND COUNTY

Moab

5,242 people, 4,050 ft above sea level in Grand County.

4,050 ftElevation, city center
5,242People, 2024 estimate
5 sq miLand area
Mostly cloudy 62°
Mostly cloudy now Dew point 53° · ENE 13 mph · high 75°
City of Moab River Interstate 2 miles
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The Moab plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Moab

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 AM MDT
RIGHT NOW Canyonlands Field (KCNY) · 12:53 AM
Mostly cloudy
62° Mostly cloudy Feels like 62° · high of 75° near 3 PM
WindENE 13 mphno gusts
Humidity72%falling to 41% this afternoon
Pressure29.72 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsBrokenbases near 2,500 ft
UV index5 by 12 PMmoderate
Dew point 53° · Dry38° by Thursday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 1 AMin about 1 hours · 47% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 280.02 in · 1 dry day
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Hydrologic OutlookHydrologic Outlook issued September 25 at 2:21PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
NWS Grand Junction and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:37 AM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:12 AM7:04 PM ↓
11 h 52 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 92% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
31
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
47% · 0.14 in Tuesday overnight 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 38 to 54° Drier: 39° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 77° / 48°
TUE Sept. 29 Chance of showers Chance of showers
75° 55°
50% rain up to 0.2″ ENE 6 B
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
81° 53°
20% rain — NE 7 B
THU Oct. 1 Sunny Sunny
81° 54°
0% rain — NNE 3 A
FRI Oct. 2 Sunny Sunny
83° 55°
0% rain — W 3 B
SAT Oct. 3 Sunny Sunny
83° 55°
0% rain — NW 3 B
SUN Oct. 4 Sunny Sunny
84° 55°
0% rain — W 5 B
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
83° 55°
0% rain — W 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
Map of a 72-hour back-trajectory: the air now over Moab was over southern California three days ago.
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Moab at 10,000 feet was over southern California three days ago, and over the desert Southwest a day ago, about 570 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land, which is why the air feels dry. Traced hour by hour through GFS analyses of the 700 hPa wind.

THIS WEEK, TWO YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 2024

The hottest this week has been

92° on Sept. 26, 2024, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1893. Next is 90° in 1963.

90°
92°
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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Grand Junction Area threaded record since 1893.
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UTAH · GRAND

Moab

5,242 people, 4,050 ft above sea level in Grand County.

4,050 ftElevation
5,242People
5 sq miLand
Mostly cloudy 62°
Mostly cloudyDew point 53°
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Today in Moab

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now rain 61° 47%
4a rain 60° 30%
7a mostly cloudy day 57° 15%
10a mostly cloudy day 65° 2%
1p mostly cloudy day 71° 5%
4p mostly cloudy day 73° 3%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 1 AM · 47%
→
Tue50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
55
75
B
Wed20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53
81
B
Thu0%
Sunny Sunny
54
81
A
Fri0%
Sunny Sunny
55
83
B
Sat0%
Sunny Sunny
55
83
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Sun0%
Sunny Sunny
55
84
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Mon0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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83
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, TWO YEARS AGO · SEPT. 26, 2024

92°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1893.