There is some very dry air to our west and southwest, which will start to fill in over the state as the 500mb High shifts slightly to the west throughout the day. That means the moisture tap from the south will be shut off, and storm coverage will begin to decrease across the state. Storm motion will also become more southwesterly due to the location of the High. The dry air has already started to work its way into western Colorado at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere, and a downtick in moisture is expected throughout the day from west to east. There will be enough residual moisture for another round of scattered<\/span> storms over the mountains this afternoon (favoring mountains east of the Continental Divide<\/span>), but coverage and rain rates are expected to decrease for the most part. As the storms roll off the high terrains, coverage of storms over the adjacent plains is also expected to lessen. A couple storms will likely be able survive over the elevated regions of the Cheyenne Ridge and Palmer Ridge, but most other storms will produce only light rainfall and gusty outflow<\/span> winds as they dissipate. Although some local, moderate rain rates are likely under the stronger storms, they should remain below flood threat criteria.<\/p>\n Additional scattered<\/span> thunderstorms will be possible over the far southeast corner of the state as the disturbance marked in the water vapor image below (orange “X”) moves counterclockwise around the high. Storms are not anticipated to become as severe due to limited shear<\/span>, but some gusty outflow<\/span> winds and smaller-end hail will still be possible in the pulse-like storms. Wetting rainfall and high, localized rain totals will be possible over the area with higher dew points<\/span> still intact, which is great news for the ongoing drought (Baca County was recently upgraded to the D4 category). However, with the dry soils\/growing crops and small heavy rainfall cores, flooding is not expected outside of some nuisance field ponding. Therefore, no flood threat will be issued.<\/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\/wv_20200705.png\")
<\/p>\nToday’s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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