Issue Date: Monday, August 20th, 2018
Issue Time: 09:30 AM MDT
Summary:
Not much rainfall on Sunday as high pressure began to build back into the state and cooler temperatures kept convection capped. The trough that moved through on Saturday had moved to the east of Colorado and dry air was entrained on the backside. Some weak storms occurred over the Northeast Plains as a little bit moisture wrapped around the backside of the low. Radar rainfall estimates in the area were just over 0.25 inches. Some light showers also occurred over northern Front Range, with totals up to 0.2 inches. Flooding was not reported on Sunday.
To see how much precipitation fell over your area the last 72-hours, 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 7AM 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.
