SPM 07-02-2018: Plentiful Sunshine with Increasing Temperatures

Issue Date: Monday, July 2, 2018
Issue Time: 10:25AM MDT

Summary:

Westerly flow aloft began the drying process after the passage of the trough on Saturday. Paired with downward motion behind the trough, thunderstorm activity was quite suppressed. The warm, southwesterly air also started to increase high temperatures, and high climbed quite a few degrees when compared to Saturday afternoon. Diurnal flow helped initiate a few showers and cloud cover over the San Juan Mountains, Southern Front Range and Southeast Mountains. With limited moisture, most storm totals were under 0.1 inches. One stronger storm formed over the Southeast Mountains northwest of Trinidad and a CoCoRaHS station recorded 0.37 inches. Radar estimations were just under 1 inch over the core of the storm.

Flooding was not reported on Sunday. To see how much precipitation fell in your area, scroll down to the 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.