{"id":13147,"date":"2020-09-13T09:31:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=13147"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:17:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:17:44","slug":"spm-09-13-2020-dry-and-smoke-free-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=13147","title":{"rendered":"SPM 09-13-2020: Dry and Smoke Free\u2026 For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2020
\nIssue Time: 09:30AM MDT<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/h3>\n

Yesterday was quite dry across the state, but a few clouds were able to pop over the mountains. These clouds do not appear to have caused any significant measurable precipitation as most rain gauge networks this morning show no accumulation. One USGS gage near Ridgway, CO is reporting 0.01” of accumulation over the last 24 hours. A second nearby USGS gage reported 0.21” of accumulation, but this is likely an artifact of snowmelt as temperatures climbed to near 70F near Ridgway yesterday. Hopefully you were able to enjoy the clear, smoke-free skies yesterday because that will likely change this week.<\/p>\n

The image below shows the impact of the wildfires in the US West on air quality. Note that many locations along the west coast are in the Very Unhealthy and even Hazardous air quality index values. Smoke working its way eastward around the High pressure ridge has already dropped air quality in northern Utah to Moderate levels. Fortunately, Colorado is experiencing Good air quality currently after the Low pressure system that brought us rain and snow last week cleaned out the smoke. Unfortunately, this smoke will once again move its way eastward and effect the air quality in Colorado this week. The US West desperately needs precipitation to help quell the rampant wildfires, but little relief looks likely in the short-term forecast.<\/p>\n

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Ongoing Colorado wildfires update (as of 9:30AM from InciWeb):<\/strong>
\nCameron Peak in the Medicine Bow Mountains: 102,596 acres; 4% contained
\nWilliams Fork in the Arapaho National Forest: 12,157 acres; 10% contained
\nGrizzly Creek in Glenwood Canyon: 32,431 acres; 91% contained
\nPine Gulch north of Grand Junction: 139,007 acres; 95% contained<\/p>\n

Check out our State Precipitation Map below to see how much precipitation fell in your neighborhood over the last 24, 48, or 72 hours.<\/p>\n

Click Here For Map Overview<\/h4>
\nThe map below shows radar-estimated, rainfall gage-adjusted Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE<\/span>) across Colorado. The map is updated daily during the operational season (May 1 – Sep 30) by 11AM. The following six layers are currently available: 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation, as well as maximum 1-hour, 2-hour and 6-hour precipitation over the past 24 hour period (to estimate where flash flooding<\/span> may have occurred). The 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation contain bias corrections that are not disaggregated into the hourly estimates, so there will likely be some differences. The accumulation ending time is 7AM of the date shown in the bottom right corner. Also shown optionally are vulnerable fire burn areas (post 2012), which are updated throughout the season to include new, vulnerable burn areas. The home button in the top left corner resets the map to the original zoom.
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Issue Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 Issue Time: 09:30AM MDT Summary: Yesterday was quite dry across the state, but a few clouds were able to pop over the mountains. These clouds do not appear to have caused any significant measurable precipitation as most rain gauge networks this morning show no accumulation. One USGS gage near […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13151,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13147\/revisions\/13151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}