Issue Date: Sunday, July 24th, 2016
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
An upper-level shortwave moving across the Northern Rockies flattened the upper-level high across the southern US, turning the flow aloft more west-southwesterly above Colorado. Drier air pushed in from the west-northwest, but was only able to make a dent in the moisture over northwestern regions of the state. Elsewhere, deep moisture remained, both as a combination of subtropical moisture plume from the southwest and residual moisture from previous days’ rainfall. This “fuel” combined with the presence of daytime heating and weak upper-level support brought another day of scattered showers and thunderstorms to much of the state.
Across the plains, a mesoscale convective system (MCS) developed and moved eastward, producing periods of heavy rain, strong winds, and lightning. Storm reports from NWS-Pueblo included 1.08 inches of heavy rain (4 miles S of Cheraw, Otero County), 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust (4 miles S of Cheraw, Otero County), tree damage (3 miles ENE of Wiley, Prowers County), and a thunderstorm wind gust of 52 mph (4 miles WSW of Lamar, Prowers County).
No flash flooding was reported. For a closer look at rainfall totals in your area, please see the STP map below for a look at 24-hour precipitation totals.
