{"id":6204,"date":"2017-09-02T09:25:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=6204"},"modified":"2017-09-02T09:25:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T15:25:48","slug":"ftb-09-02-2017-labor-day-weekend-headline-late-summer-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=6204","title":{"rendered":"FTB 09-02-2017: Labor Day Weekend Headline: Late Summer Heat Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: Saturday, September 2, 2017
\nIssue Time: 9:30AM MDT<\/p>\n

— Flooding is NOT<\/strong> expected today<\/em><\/p>\n

A disturbance swiftly moved southeastward across Colorado yesterday, paving the way for the recovery of the western North American upper-level ridge (see water vapor image below). And what a recovery it will be! The ridge is expected to strengthen throughout the day, sending temperatures to as much as 15F above normal statewide. Precipitable Water<\/span> has dropped by 20-30% in the past 24 hours and is now in the 0.5 – 0.75 inch range. Some further drying of the atmospheric column is expected today. Enough moisture will persist for isolated<\/span> to widely scattered<\/span> shower and weak thunderstorm activity in the climatologically favored Southeast Mountains and San Juans. However, rain rates are expected to remain well below flood threat levels.<\/p>\n

With the mostly sunny and hot weather, please remember to stay hydrated if you are planning on spending significant time outdoors.<\/p>\n

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Today’s Flood Threat Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For more information on today’s flood threat, see the map below (hover over threat areas for more details). For Zone-Specific forecasts, scroll below the map.
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Zone-Specific Forecasts:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Southeast Mountains, Raton Ridge, Southeast Plains, San Juan Mountains<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sunny this morning, then turning partly cloudy and very warm with isolated<\/span> to scattered<\/span> showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening. Max 1-hour rain rates up to 0.4 inches. Gusty winds could accompany the strongest cells. Flooding is not expected today.<\/p>\n

Primetime: 12PM to 8PM<\/p>\n

Front Range, Urban Corridor, Palmer Ridge, Northeast Plains:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sunny early, then turning partly cloudy and very warm. An isolated<\/span> shower or weak thunderstorm cannot be ruled out especially in the higher terrain south of I-70. Max 1-hour rain rates up to 0.25 inches. Flooding is not expected today.<\/p>\n

Primetime: 1PM to 7PM<\/p>\n

Northwest Slope, Grand Valley, Southwest Slope, Northern Mountains, Central Mountains,<\/strong> San Luis Valley:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sunny early then partly cloudy and hot with temperatures reaching the upper 90s F in the lower elevations. An isolated<\/span> shower or storm cannot be ruled out especially in southern areas. Max 1-hour rain rates up to 0.2 inches and gusty winds will be possible with the strongest cells. Flooding is not expected today.<\/p>\n

Primetime: 1PM to 8PM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: Saturday, September 2, 2017 Issue Time: 9:30AM MDT — Flooding is NOT expected today A disturbance swiftly moved southeastward across Colorado yesterday, paving the way for the recovery of the western North American upper-level ridge (see water vapor image below). And what a recovery it will be! The ridge is expected to strengthen […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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\/6204"}],"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=6204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6206,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6204\/revisions\/6206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}