Issue Date: Friday, May 20th, 2016
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
An upper-level ridge pushed into the state yesterday, providing a weakly subsident air mass while ringing out a bit of the atmospheric moisture. A few widely scattered showers/weak thunderstorms were able to get going during the afternoon and evening hours, mainly over and near the higher terrain, generally producing light rain and gusty winds. Most CoCoRaHS rainfall reports from yesterday are below 0.02 inches, with a few higher totals (as of 7:15 AM):
La Plata County: 0.27 inches
Saguache County: 0.12 inches
Alamosa County: 0.11 inches
Pueblo County: 0.06 inches
Larimer County: 0.06 inches
Teller County: 0.06 inches
No flash flooding occurred yesterday. For a look at 24-hour precipitation, please see the STP map below.
