Issue Date: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
\nIssue Time: 10:00 AM MDT<\/p>\n
Several meteorological factors came together across the state on Tuesday to produce heavy precipitation across the Front Range, Urban Corridor, Palmer Ridge, and Northeast Plains. Moisture advection<\/span> on upslope flow, mid-level frontogenetical forcing, and an impressively strong upper-level jet stream<\/span> led to a blossoming of precipitation by yesterday afternoon across the aforementioned forecast zones. Rain, with snow at higher elevations, continued the rest of the day and into today.<\/p>\n The precipitation fell at moderate to occasionally heavy rates, with the most intense precipitation occurring from Denver northeast along I-76. Precipitation totals along this corridor ranged from 1.00-1.50”, with a few locations recording totals approaching 2.00”; a CoCoRaHS<\/span> observer near Evergreen reported 1.71”. The rest of northeastern Colorado generally saw anywhere from 0.25-0.75”, with the lowest totals along and south of the Palmer Ridge.<\/p>\n Denver officially recorded 1.22” of rain, making it the largest single-day accumulation since May of 2021:<\/p>\n 🫧 1.22″ of rain officially in Denver (DIA) makes this our biggest rainstorm in over a year!<\/p>\n Last storm this big: 1.30″, May 22-23, 2021. #9wx<\/a> #COwx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1CfnWDSMVU<\/a><\/p>\n — Chris Bianchi (@BianchiWeather) June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n