Issue Date: Saturday, June 18th, 2016
Issue Time: 8:55AM MDT
An impressive run-up in atmospheric moisture occurred on Friday as a cool front entered Colorado from the north and east. The chart below shows that Integrated Precipitable Water (IPW) went from less than 0.2 inches to about 1.0 in a matter of 8-12 hours at the Boulder site (blue line). However, due to overhead ridge, storms were generally limited to the far eastern part of the state. Up to 1.6 inches of rainfall fell in isolated locations in Yuma, Sedgwick and Phillips counties. At about the same time, upslope flow created a few weak storms along the Front Range with up to 0.5 inches of rainfall falling in Larimer and Boulder counties.
Elsewhere, it was hot and dry on Friday. As of this morning, two confirmed fires have been reported in Colorado. A fire in Las Animas County was 5% contained as of yesterday. A 30-acre fire is ongoing in La Plate County (#217fire on Twitter). Flooding was not observed on Friday.
For yesterday’s rainfall estimates, check out our Storm Total Precipitation map below.
