SPM 07-29-2019: Warm and Dry Weather Statewide

Issue Date: Monday, July 29, 2019
Issue Time: 10:20AM MDT

Summary:

The state dried out yesterday as warn, dry air moved over the area from the west. Dewpoints to the west of the Continental Divide dropped into the 20°Fs, providing little moisture for afternoon storms. Light rainfall was recorded over the southern Front Range, Southeast Mountains and Raton Ridge. The highest measured rainfall for the day was a CoCoRaHS station to the southeast of Trinidad in Las Animas County with 0.17 inches. Other notable reports include 0.05 inches measured by a RAWS station in Manchester in Teller County, and 0.06 inches measured by a CoCoRaHS station to the north of Monument in El Paso County. The cold front that passed over the eastern plains yesterday kept temperatures near the seasonal average, but was not deep enough to produce thunderstorms over the area.

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The map below shows radar-estimated, rainfall gage-adjusted Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) across Colorado. The map is updated daily during the operational season (May 1 – Sep 30) by 11AM. The following six layers are currently available: 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation, as well as maximum 1-hour, 2-hour and 6-hour precipitation over the past 24 hour period (to estimate where flash flooding may have occurred). The 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation contain bias corrections that are not disaggregated into the hourly estimates, so there will likely be some differences. The accumulation ending time is 7AM of the date shown in the bottom right corner. Also shown optionally are vulnerable fire burn areas (post 2012), which are updated throughout the season to include new, vulnerable burn areas. The home button in the top left corner resets the map to the original zoom.