— A MODERATE<\/strong> flood threat has been issued for the Raton Ridge, Southeast Plains, and Decker burn area<\/em><\/p>\n — A LOW<\/strong> flood threat has been issued for the Front Range, Southeast Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Palmer Ridge, southern Northeast Plain, Urban Corridor, & Cameron Peak burn area<\/em><\/p>\n Quite a bit of cloud cover over the state to start this morning and perhaps some weak showers over the southwest corner of the state. The High is being pushed south by a passing trough<\/span>, which is also dropping a cold front through eastern Colorado this morning. Along the front, gusts around 35 mph are being reported, and it should bring cooler high temperatures to eastern CO this afternoon. Moisture is also increasing behind the northerly flow over eastern Colorado, but it looks fairly shallow in the Denver sounding this morning. Therefore, as the day goes on, expecting the surface moisture further north to mix out with more westerly flow aloft (drying), which will limit the flood threat over this area. For the most part, the majority of the rainfall is expected to occur south of I-70. Due to rain rates up to 0.25 inches\/hour still possible over the northern Front Range, a Low flood threat has been issued for the Cameron Peak burn area due to high probability of storms forming near the area with extra upper level lift.<\/p>\n The shortwave<\/span> energy producing the lift for the cloud cover\/weak showers over the southwest corner will start to move to the northeast, and with a little daytime heating and increased moisture, expecting an uptick in intensity and coverage of storms. This is especially true over the southern mountains and immediate adjacent plains where higher moisture will help increase rainfall coverage and rain rates. While rain totals won’t be quite as high over the San Juan Mountains (less surface moisture), training<\/span> storm could produce some higher totals over the southern and eastern San Juan Mountains, so it has been included in the Low threat.<\/p>\n Recent burn areas over the Southeast Mountains will also be more susceptible to flash flood<\/span> today, especially the Spring Creek burn area since it has received a couple round of rain the last couple of days. With rain totals up between 0.75 inches (north) and 1 inch (south) possible, a High flood threat has been issued for the Spring Creek burn area, and a Moderate flood threat has been issued for the Decker burn area. Over the Raton Ridge, extra convergence from the elevation and front will produce widespread<\/span>, heavy rainfall, thus the Moderate flood threat for this area. Overnight rainfall is expected for the Southeast Plains. Should moisture be able to hang on a bit further north, some heavy rainfall will also be possible over the Palmer Ridge and east, so the Low threat extends to the north.<\/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\/08\/vis_20200828.png\")
<\/p>\nToday’s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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