High dew points<\/span> again to start the morning over eastern Colorado, and much drier conditions back to the west. Denver’s morning sounding showed PW<\/span> decreasing (0.67 inches) with very shallow surface moisture again, so expecting afternoon storms to be high-based with gusty winds possible over the adjacent eastern plains and mountains today. Northerly surface winds along the northern, adjacent plains will keep the precipitation chances higher south of the Denver Metro area. However, the more northerly steering flow aloft could track a storm across the border that develops along the Cheyenne Ridge. Again, the main threat will be strong outflow<\/span> winds.<\/p>\n Best surface moisture will be east of the green line below on the eastern and northern side of a developing lee cyclone. So, expect additional, stronger storms over the far eastern plains to develop along a line of convergence associated with the surface low. Lack of shear<\/span> this afternoon will keep the chances for severe thunderstorms<\/span> lower than yesterday, but very strong outflow<\/span> winds are still forecast. While rain rates are expected to intensify in the more moisture rich environment, storm cores should be smaller and rain rates should remain just under flood threat criteria. Therefore, no flood threat has been issued. Overnight, an MCS<\/span> looks to develop near the NE\/CO border, but the heavy rainfall looks to remain just east of the state. At this time, it does not look like this feature will build back to the west. If later runs show an increasing flood threat, an afternoon update will be issued.<\/p>\n Over western Colorado, recycled moisture will produce another round of weak storms in similar fashion to yesterday. However, PW<\/span> values have dropped off a bit, so storms are forecast to produce less rainfall. Large dew point<\/span> depressions, as indicated by the Grand Junction sounding this morning, will cause the main threat from storms to be gusty outflow<\/span> winds.<\/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_20200720.png\")
<\/p>\nToday’s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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