Flow aloft is expected to become more zonal<\/span> today as the trough<\/span> passes to our north and squashes the ridge. Between the High and the trough<\/span>, there will still be plenty of mid-level lift moving across the state, and some upper air dynamics creating a little lift across portions of the northern border. As far as moisture, PW<\/span> values should be high enough for another round of storms statewide. Currently, there are some ongoing showers over the Central Mountains with some reflectivity also over Moffat and Montezuma\/La Plata Counties. Moisture at the surface is still fairly shallow, so the westerly flow will likely mix out this out quickly over western Colorado, the mountains, and I-25 corridor. This, along with not much instability being able to build with the ongoing showers, means storms today will generally only produce light rain rates and gusty outflow<\/span> winds. However, coverage of storms over the mountains is forecast to increase, especially the Central and San Juan Mountains.<\/p>\n Higher surface moisture will again reside over the far eastern plains, but the surface low’s location should only allow dew points<\/span> in the mid-50Fs and low 60Fs to maintain themselves along the border and east of the state. Also, storms will arrive the plains a little sooner than normal due to the first shortwave<\/span> arriving earlier than typical, so this will limit the amount of instability that can build further north. Between these two factors, the severe threat will be over a smaller area (border counties) and generally, only moderate rainfall is forecast. Over the Southeast Plains, there is a chance that a severe thunderstorm<\/span> will be able to generate rain rates just over 1.50 inches\/hour; however, the areal coverage is expected to be small enough that no flood threat will be issued. If this flood threat area increases by early afternoon, a PM update 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_20200713.png\")
<\/p>\nToday’s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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