SPM 05-06-2019: Beautiful Day for Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

Issue Date: Monday, May 6th, 2019
Issue Time: 9:20AM MDT

Summary:

A gorgeous Cinco de Mayo with high temperatures reaching 80°F over the eastern plains and Grand Junction area. High temperatures in the mountains were in the 40-50°F range. To see the 24-hr maximum temperature over your area, see the MesoWest map below. A weak shortwave and slight increase in moisture produced some light rainfall over the mountains in the late afternoon with the best coverage over the northern Central Mountains and Northern Mountains. Totals were mostly under 0.1 inches though a couple isolated areas received 0.1 inches in Garfield County. Elsewhere, broken cloud cover helped provide some shade from the heat. A gust of 59 mph was reported at Trinidad Airport in Las Animas. Flooding was not reported yesterday.

To see precipitation totals over 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 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.