The image below shows very different air masses present east and west of the Continental Divide<\/span>. Clear conditions over western Colorado indicate that a very dry air mass is still in place, which is confirmed by the Grand Junction sounding this morning that measured PW<\/span> at 0.32 inches. This means outside of some scattered<\/span> clouds over the mountains this afternoon, it will be too dry for any rainfall. So, expect increasing high temperatures as the ridge builds to the northwest without much relief from the heat.<\/p>\n Over eastern Colorado, southwest surface flow has returned low-level moisture to the area, which can be seen by the cloud cover and fog over the eastern plains. Currently, high dew points<\/span> (> 50F) are to the east of the dashed, green line below. Weak southwesterly flow aloft this afternoon and a developing lee trough<\/span> will help to mix out this superficial surface moisture from west to east. So, low-level moisture over the Front Range looks to be limited, but some weak, upslope storms will still be possible over the southern Southeast Mountains. The main hazard from these storms will be gusty outflow<\/span> winds with only light rainfall forecast.<\/p>\n Over the eastern plains, a moisture boundary sets up, so some severe thunderstorms<\/span> should develop along that dry line this afternoon. The best instability will quickly erode into Kansas and Nebraska, but the severe storms that initially develop will be capable of producing large hail with strong, damaging outflow<\/span> winds being the main threat shortly thereafter. Due to the better moisture continuing to mix out to the east through the late afternoon\/early evening (especially over the Southeast Plains), local, heavy rainfall will be limited in coverage. Therefore, there is no flood threat issued, but storms that form over the Northeast Plains border counties will still be capable of dropping up to 1.40 inches of rain in their cores – if the moisture can hang on.<\/p>\n For more information on today’s flood threat, see the map below. If there is a threat, hover over the threat areas for more details, and click on burn areas to learn more about them. For Zone-Specific forecasts, scroll below the threat map.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vis_20200702.png\")
<\/p>\nToday’s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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