Issue Date: Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
Issue Time: 09:15 AM MDT
Summary:
Westerly flow aloft pulled in dry air from the west and created downsloping winds to the east, which limited rainfall on Monday. A passing jet also mixed down some strong winds to the surface and created fire weather over the northern half of the state. Thankfully, no new fires were reported as of this morning. The highest gust from yesterday was at Monarch Pass where a gust of 70 mph was recorded. Here are some other impressive high gusts from yesterday, since the max precipitation was under 0.1 inches (western high country).
Rocky Flats: 68 mph
Jeffco Airport: 62 mph
Denver International Airport: 60 mph
Douglass Pass (Garfield County): 54 mph
Meeker Airport: 53 mph
To see how much precipitation fell over your neighborhood 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.
