Issue Date: Sunday, June 19th, 2016
Issue Time: 9:00AM MDT
With the ridge continuing its dominance, hot temperatures once again covered all of Colorado on Saturday. Afternoon high temperatures were anywhere from 5-10F above seasonal averages. In fact, data from the High Plains Regional Climate Center, below, shows that the past two weeks have been quite warm across Colorado as well as the Central Plains overall.
With the persistent warm and dry weather, soil moisture continues to decrease and wildfire activity has gradually increased across the southwest U.S. As of this morning, about half a dozen wildfires, scattered across the state, are either ongoing or have been recently contained. These range from a few acres to several thousand acres. Check out the #COfire Twitter thread for the latest information.
Flooding was not reported on Saturday.
