Issue Date: Saturday, May 9th, 2020
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
Behind a cool front that gusted through the state late Thursday/early Friday, temperatures across the state yesterday were slightly cooler than normal. Dry air aloft allowed blue skies to return for the afternoon and evening hours; however, a weak disturbance and surface cool front slid across northern Colorado during the overnight hours, resulting in mainly scattered clouds over the Northern Mountains, Front Range, northern Urban Corridor, and Northeast Plains, with a few light sprinkles mixed in.
Flooding was not reported on Saturday. For rainfall estimates in your area, check out our 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.
