Issue Date: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
Most of yesterday’s activity occurred over the High Country as much of the environment across eastern Colorado remained capped. The two exception to this was 1) locations along the interface with the mountains, where a few showers/weak thunderstorms were able to move off of the higher terrain, and 2) near the CO/NM border across the Raton Ridge and Southeast Plains, where a weak cool front provided just enough forcing for weak showers and thunderstorms.
As far as yesterday’s rainfall totals are concerned, the best rainfall was concentrated across southern Colorado where the best moisture resided. This morning has seen a shift in that pattern, as dry air has worked in from the southwest, pushing the better moisture into northern Colorado, where scattered showers and thunderstorms are ongoing, mainly over and near preferred terrain.
From CoCoRaHS observers, the big rainfall winners of this period were:
Rio Grande County: 1.05 inches
Fremont County: 0.70 inches
Eagle County: 0.58 inches
Montrose County: 0.55 inches
Summit County: 0.52 inches
No flash flooding occurred yesterday.
