SPM 06-16-2022: Calm and Sunny

Issue Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Issue Time: 9:30 AM MDT

Summary:

Yesterday was fairly uneventful- almost no precipitation was reported, save for a few reports in the northeastern corner of the state, and temperatures were still a bit cooler than the heat from last weekend. Scarce reports of 0.01, 0.03 and 0.12 inches in Philips County were the extent of the rainfall for the state; along with an absence of any severe weather or advisories, this lead to a relatively calm day.

The U.S. Drought Monitor has released an updated report for this week. Positively, the area of exceptional drought has decreased from 0.79% to 0.23%, and severe drought has also dropped slightly from 83.55% to 81.55%. Areas in the extreme drought category increased approximately 2.6%, however. Across the board, these changes were still very minor adjustments from the previous week’s conditions.

There was no flooding reported yesterday. For precipitation estimates in your area, check out the 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.