{"id":15792,"date":"2021-08-29T08:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=15792"},"modified":"2021-08-30T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:36:58","slug":"spm-08-29-2021-record-setting-heat-in-southern-colorado-before-cold-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=15792","title":{"rendered":"SPM 08-29-2021: Record Setting Heat in Southern Colorado Before Cold-Front"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: Sunday, August 29th, 2021
\nIssue Time: 10:00 AM MDT<\/p>\n

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Saturday morning kicked off with a weak cold-front entering the northeast corner of the state, producing a bit of convection<\/span> ahead of it but very little in terms of precipitation along the Colorado-Nebraska border. Then in the early afternoon scattered<\/span> showers and thunderstorms began to form in the San Juan Mountains, San Luis Valley, and Southeast Mountains. As the afternoon progressed, southern showers became more widespread<\/span>, and some convection<\/span> also built up with the daytime heating along the Front Range Mountains before spilling into the Urban Corridor. If any significant precipitation fell, it was in Southern Colorado: 0.40 was reported in Pagosa Springs by a CoCoRaHS<\/span> observer, and a quick 0.48 inches was recorded at a APRSWXNET station near Zamara just after noon yesterday (Las Animas County, Grass Valley Station below). A second cold-frontal passage in the evening hours and overnight cooled off the Eastern half of the state, again with little precipitation. Western Colorado remained hot and dry. <\/p>\n

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The bigger weather story of the day was the impressive heat across Southern Colorado. Records were broken in Alamosa and Colorado Springs, and record-tying heat was reported in Pueblo – the Pueblo WFO<\/span> shared the following tweets after each record was broken or tied. <\/p>\n

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As of 1 pm, the temperature has reached 94 degrees in Colorado Springs. This sets a new daily record high temperature for August 28th, surpassing the previous record of 93F, set in 1958. With a few more hours of heating to go, this record may continue to go up! #cowx<\/a><\/p>\n

— NWS<\/span> Pueblo (@NWSPueblo) August 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n