Issue Date: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
Issue Time: 09:34 AM MDT
Summary:
More sunshine and above average temperatures for Colorado on Monday. With drier air being entrained from the west the last couple of days, storms became more isolated in nature yesterday. Light showers were present in the afternoon hours over the Southeast Mountains and San Juan Mountains with more cloud cover over the Front Range. The highest mountain totals were located over Archuleta County where 0.15 inches of rainfall were estimated by radar. An isolated thunderstorm was able to fire along a line of convergence over eastern plains in Lincoln County. It was nearly stationary, so an Areal Flood Advisory was issued though low-level moisture wasn’t too impressive. Radar indicates just over 0.5 inches of rain fell. This same storm, due to the high-base and large temperature/dew point spread produced strong outflow winds. A gust of 62 mph was recorded at the Limon airport at 5:15 PM. Flooding was not reported on Monday.
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.
