{"id":19920,"date":"2022-09-24T08:17:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=19920"},"modified":"2022-09-24T08:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:19:04","slug":"ftb-09-24-2022-pleasant-day-ahead-with-dry-warm-conditions-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=19920","title":{"rendered":"FTB 09-24-2022: Pleasant Day Ahead With Dry &#038; Warm Conditions\u00a0Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Saturday, September 24th, 2022<br>\nIssue Time: 8:15AM MDT<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>&mdash; Flooding is&nbsp;<strong>NOT&nbsp;<\/strong>expected today<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much drier air has settled in over the state, which can be seen by the clear skies in the visible satellite imagery below. <span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;PW&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;(Stands for: Precipitable Water) The total atmospheric water vapor contained in a vertical column of the atmosphere. It is typically measured in inches, and anomalously (deviation from normal) high values of precipitable water generally correlate to heavy rainfall potential.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>PW<\/span> at Grand Junction and Platteville were both measured around 0.34 inches this morning, which is about 3x less than a few days ago. The lack of moisture and continued dry northwesterly flow aloft means nearly a zero percent chance of measurable rainfall this afternoon. A few <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;isolated&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;less than 10% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>isolated<\/span> sprinkles may be possible over the southern high terrain, but the more likely scenario is just an increase in cloud cover. As predicted, flooding is NOT expected today. A dry cool front is forecast to move through the state overnight into tomorrow morning, which should mainly affect eastern Colorado. So, expected cooler temperatures over that area to start off the morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vis_20220924.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19921\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vis_20220924-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vis_20220924-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vis_20220924-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vis_20220924-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/vis_20220924.png 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Today&rsquo;s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on today&rsquo;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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13436 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FTB_NoThreat_2022_light.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"573\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Zone-Specific Forecasts:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Southeast Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Northern Mountains, Central Mountains, Northwest Slope, Grand Valley, &amp; Southwest Slope:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few sprinkles may be possible over the southern San Juan and Southeast Mountains. More <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;virga&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Wisps or streaks of precipitation falling out of a cloud that evaporate before reaching the surface. Virga can cause strong, but short-lived, localized winds (dry microburst).&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>virga<\/span> and cloud cover are forecast than meaningful rainfall. Otherwise, a clear and beautiful day is ahead. Flooding is NOT expected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Primetime: 4PM to 8PM<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Front Range, Urban Corridor, Raton Ridge, San Luis Valley, Southeast Plains, Northeast Plains &amp; Palmer Ridge:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be another warm and dry day for these zones. It could get a little breezy over the Northeast Plains this afternoon with <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;isolated&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;less than 10% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>isolated<\/span> gusts up to 20 mph possible. With no rainfall in the forecast, flooding is NOT expected. A dry cool front moves through the area late tonight into tomorrow morning, so some chilly overnight temperatures will be possible. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Saturday, September 24th, 2022 Issue Time: 8:15AM MDT &mdash; Flooding is&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;expected today Much drier air has settled in over the state, which can be seen by the clear skies in the visible satellite imagery below. <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;PW&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;(Stands for: Precipitable Water) The total atmospheric water vapor contained in a vertical column of the atmosphere. It is typically measured in inches, and anomalously (deviation from normal) high values of precipitable water generally correlate to heavy rainfall potential.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>PW<\/span> at Grand Junction and Platteville were both measured around 0.34 inches this morning, which is about 3x [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19920"}],"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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19924,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19920\/revisions\/19924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}