SPM 08-24-2021: Still Hot, Still Dry

Issue Date: Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
Issue Time: 9:20 AM MDT

Summary:

Another hot and dry day across Colorado, with very little precipitation to report. Widely isolated showers produced small rainfall totals in the Western Slopes, Grand Valley, Northern, Central, and Front Range Mountains, as well as the Urban Corridor – but rainfall totals remained less than 0.10 inches and showers were few and far between. Instead, non-thunderstorm high wind gusts, up to 52 mph, were reported in the Grand Valley and Central Mountains. On the Northeast Plains, a line storms developed along the I-76 corridor in the late evening. North Sterling near the reservoir received 0.23 inches around 8:00 pm, the highest precipitation across the state yesterday. Most nearby totals remain between Trace – 0.08 inches though.

Flooding was not reported on Monday. For rainfall estimates in your area, including antecedent rainfall, check out 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 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.