Issue Date: Saturday, May 4th, 2019
Issue Time: 9:10 AM MDT
Summary:
High pressure built over the state yesterday, leading to high temperatures near climatological normal and plenty of sunshine. Scattered clouds developed during the afternoon hours, mainly over and near the higher terrain, providing nothing but shade. There was one high-based thunderstorm early in the day, beginning around Noon and exiting the state around 2 PM, that rumbled in far eastern Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties. This was the tail-end result of a weak surface boundary forcing the development of a few thunderstorms across western Kansas; gusty winds a brief period of light rain was all it could muster.
No flash flooding was reported yesterday. For a look at precipitation estimates in your area, please see 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 vulnerable fire burn areas (post 2012), which are updated throughout the season to include new, vulnerable burn areas. The home button in the top left corner resets the map to the original zoom.
