{"id":4993,"date":"2017-06-20T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2017-06-21T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:48:41","slug":"stp-2017-06-20-under-the-ridge-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=4993","title":{"rendered":"STP 06-20-2017: Under The Ridge, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2017<br>\nIssue Time: 9:45AM MDT<\/p>\n<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>A high pressure ridge gained strength through the day on Monday, beginning a 48-72 hour period of hot weather. With a cool start, it took a while for temperatures to heat up, and afternoon highs were a few degrees below their forecast values. Nonetheless, many lower elevation locations on either side of the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Continental Divide&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;textColor&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;has-white-color has-text-color&amp;quot;&amp;gt;the dividing line that separates the watersheds of the western and eastern United States; rivers west of the divide empty into the Pacific Ocean, while rivers east of the divide empty into the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>Continental Divide<\/span> topped 90F, which is above normal for mid-June.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, although most of the snowpack is now only a memory, the lagged response from melt to river flows was on display for a few higher elevation areas. The Roaring Fork River and Arkansas River were both above their &ldquo;Action&rdquo; stage levels due to the antecedent snow melt. However, both rivers stayed below &ldquo;Minor&rdquo; flood stage and are expected to do so before subsiding over the next 24-48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Neither flooding nor precipitation was not reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/STP_20170620_snap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5014\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/STP_20170620_snap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"497\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stormtotalprecip_legend.png\" alt=\"Storm Total Precip Legend\" width=\"470\" height=\"32\"\/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 Issue Time: 9:45AM MDT Summary: A high pressure ridge gained strength through the day on Monday, beginning a 48-72 hour period of hot weather. With a cool start, it took a while for temperatures to heat up, and afternoon highs were a few degrees below their forecast values. Nonetheless, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"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\/4993"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5016,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions\/5016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}