Issue Date: Friday, July 19th, 2019
Issue Time: 8:25AM MDT
— Flooding is NOT expected today
Almost a completely clear morning, but there is some light, broken cloud cover over the higher terrains in the northwest corner of the state. Cloud cover will increase over the northern mountains this afternoon with this disturbance, so that may provide some relief from the heat. Not much change in the forecast from yesterday. A dry air mass will remain intact over the state, which will keep conditions dry and hot. Flow aloft will become more southwesterly throughout the day, but with dry air also to our west and southwest, there will be little change in available moisture for afternoon storms. As anticipated, flooding is not forecast. There is relief from the heat coming tomorrow for eastern Colorado as a cold front starts to drop through early tomorrow morning. It won’t affect western Colorado as much, but high temperatures are still anticipated to drop off a couple of degrees.
Today’s Flood Threat Map
For more information on today’s flood threat, see the map below. For Zone-Specific forecasts, scroll below the map.
Zone-Specific Forecasts:
Northeast Plains, Palmer Ridge, Front Range, Urban Corridor, Southeast Mountains, Raton Ridge, Southeast Plains:
It’s going to be another scorcher with temperatures over the lower elevations reaching 100°F – 106°F. There may be some more afternoon cloud cover when compared to yesterday, but still expecting that to be patchy. A light shower may be possible over eastern Park County/northern Teller County this evening, but with high bases only expect a sprinkle or two with some light wind.
Northwest Slope, Grand Valley, Southwest Slope, Northern Mountains, Central Mountains, San Juan Mountains, San Luis Valley:
The Red Flag Warning continues for another day over Moffat County. Critical fire weather is expected to end as moisture slowly increases over the area tomorrow into Sunday. So use caution with open flames for another day with the breezy conditions. Highs today will likely increase about 5°F from yesterday, so keep yourself hydrated.
