Issue Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
Issue Time: 9:30 AM MDT
Summary:
Strong high Pressure settled over the state yesterday, leading to a day dominated by blue skies and abundant sunshine. Temperatures warmed quickly under the summer sun, with highs in the 90s across the plains, 80s in lower mountain valleys, and exceeding triple digits across portions of the Southeast Plains. There wasn’t anything Mother Nature could do to overcome the high pressure; only a few high clouds over/near the northern Front Range and Northern Mountains is all she could muster.
No flash flooding occurred yesterday. For a look at precipitation estimates in your area, please see our State Precipitation Map below.
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The map below shows radar-estimated, rainfall gage-adjusted Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) across Colorado. The map is updated daily during the operational season (May 1 – Sep 30) by 11AM. The following six layers are currently available: 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation, as well as maximum 1-hour, 2-hour and 6-hour precipitation over the past 24 hour period (to estimate where flash flooding may have occurred). The 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation contain bias corrections that are not disaggregated into the hourly estimates, so there will likely be some differences. The accumulation ending time is 6AM of the date shown in the bottom right corner. Also shown optionally are fire burn areas (post 2012), which are updated throughout the season to include new burn areas. The home button in the top left corner resets the map to the original zoom.
