Issue Date: Sunday, September 15th, 2019
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
The upward trend of afternoon high temperatures persisted yesterday thanks to abundant September sunshine. There wasn’t much in the way of clouds of which to speak, either, as the ribbon of dry air continued to stream over the state. A couple isolated thunderstorms rumbled just on the other side of the state line in northeast New Mexico, but there wasn’t enough support in southeast Colorado for them to develop inside our borders. Skies were mostly clear overnight, with just a few high clouds streaming in from the west/southwest ahead of the next push of mid-level moisture arriving later today.
No flash flooding was reported yesterday. For a look at precipitation estimates in your area, please see the State Precipitation Map below.
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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.
