{"id":7253,"date":"2018-06-15T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=7253"},"modified":"2018-06-16T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T11:46:09","slug":"spm-06-15-2018-gusty-thunderstorms-with-minimal-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=7253","title":{"rendered":"SPM 06-15-2018: Gusty Thunderstorms with Minimal Rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Friday, June 15, 2018<br>\nIssue Time: 10:55AM MDT<\/p>\n<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>Mid-level cloud cover increased quite a bit yesterday as the subtropical moisture started making its way into the state. This was all thanks to the help of the west coast <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;trough&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure; the opposite of a ridge.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>trough<\/span> and high pressure over New Mexico drawing the remaining moisture of Bud north. The low levels remained a bit too dry yesterday for higher rainfall totals. With <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;dew points&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;The temperature to which a given air parcel must be cooled (at constant pressure and water vapor content) in order for saturation to occur.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>dew points<\/span> in the 30-40F range, <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Inverted-V&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Refers to the shape of the lower levels of an atmospheric profile. The shape of the &amp;quot;Inverted V&rdquo; is the result of dry air below cloud level, which promotes strong winds and evaporation of precipitation before reaching the surface.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>inverted-V<\/span> soundings produced very gusty winds under the cores. Gusts of 50-55 mph were recorded across the state. In Craig, a downburst knocked down a couple of power lines and a transformer. Over Kit Carson, blowing dust temporarily reduced visibility to under 1 mile.<\/p>\n<p>As far as rainfall totals, the big winner yesterday was over Las Animas County where radar estimated totals just over 1 inch. A <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;CoCoRaHS&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;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Co&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;mmunity &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Co&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;llaborative &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Ra&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;in, &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;H&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;ail, and &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;S&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;now Network, a volunteer network of precipitation observers across the country&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>CoCoRaHS<\/span> station south of Kim recorded 0.32 inches of rain. Not much precipitation was to be had over the San Juan Burn areas, rather gusty winds and lightning brought critical fire danger to the area. Currently the Burro fire has burned 3,400 acres and the 416 fire has burned 33,000 acres. The low-levels are expected to become more moist this evening over the southwest corner, which will allow rainfall to start reaching the ground. Totals over this region yesterday were estimated to be under 0.25 inches.<\/p>\n<p>No flooding was reported on Thursday. To see how much precipitation fell across your neighborhood, scroll down to the State Precipitation Map below. Note: we&rsquo;re having a few technical difficulties with MetStorm Live <span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;QPE&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Q&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;uantitative &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;recipitation &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;E&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;stimate; an estimate of the amount of precipitation that has fallen at a particular location or across a region based on several different data sources, such as radar or satellite; QPE is often calculated using remotely-sensed data sources&lt;\/div&gt;\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>QPE<\/span> data this morning, so we have used the MRMS bias corrected <span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;QPE&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Q&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;uantitative &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;recipitation &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;E&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt;stimate; an estimate of the amount of precipitation that has fallen at a particular location or across a region based on several different data sources, such as radar or satellite; QPE is often calculated using remotely-sensed data sources&lt;\/div&gt;\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>QPE<\/span> instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SPM_20180614_snap-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7255\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SPM_20180614_snap-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"494\"\/><\/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: Friday, June 15, 2018 Issue Time: 10:55AM MDT Summary: Mid-level cloud cover increased quite a bit yesterday as the subtropical moisture started making its way into the state. This was all thanks to the help of the west coast <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;trough&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure; the opposite of a ridge.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>trough<\/span> and high pressure over New Mexico drawing the remaining moisture of Bud north. 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