Issue Date: Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
Drier air attempted a takeover yesterday, leading to a downtick in the number of showers/storms overall. During the afternoon and evening, the Urban Corridor, Palmer Ridge, and Northeast Plains regions were most active, with a few stronger storms producing periods of moderate-to-heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and lightning. No severe storm reports were received from this activity. Elsewhere, mainly over the higher terrain, isolated-to-widely scattered coverage of showers/weak thunderstorms produced light-to-moderate rainfall and gusty winds. The lone severe storm report from yesterday was a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust, recorded 2 miles SE of Craig (Moffat County).
Overnight and into this morning, a new moisture surge and associated disturbance from the southwest kicked off isolated-to-scattered showers across southwestern and western Colorado. Most of this activity is producing light showers, but locally heavier rain is likely occurring underneath thunderstorms.
No flash flooding was reported. For a statewide look at 24-hour precipitation totals, please take a look at the Storm Total Precipitation map below.
