— A MODERATE<\/strong> flood threat has been issued for the Spring Creek, Hayden Pass and Junkins burn areas<\/em><\/p>\n Upper-level clouds are blanketing the majority of the state with some light rain and fog mixed in to start the morning. Mostly clear skies over the Southwest Slope with some breaks in the cloud cover over western Colorado as some drier air has been entrained from the west. Should be a similar pattern to yesterday with a few minor differences. Current temperatures are in the 50Fs over the lower elevations with upper 30Fs to mid-40Fs over the higher terrains. Warmer temperatures over CO\/UT border as the front stalled out before it reached this area.<\/p>\n PW<\/span> this morning was measured at 0.82 inches and 0.85 inches at Denver and Grand Junction, respectively. So not much change in low-level moisture though the water vapor imagery shows some pockets of drier air have moved into western CO. This should cause storms today to be a bit more isolated<\/span> when compared to yesterday. Also, expecting some gusty outflow<\/span> winds with storms today (Central\/Northern Mountains) as well as there is quite a bit of spread between the temperature and dew points<\/span>. The greatest coverage will likely be over the San Juan Mountains with more patchy coverage and lower rainfall intensities over the Central and Northern Mountains.<\/p>\n To the east, rinse and repeat pattern of yesterday. Storm motion may look to increase a little, which will mean storms are less likely to produce as much rain as yesterday. However, 15 mph steering winds to the SE will still allow another day of some heavy rainfall. The SW to NE oriented upper-level jet and shortwave<\/span> marked over the NW corner of the state will help support storms as they move off the mountains. So, storm coverage will likely increase over the adjacent plains this afternoon when compared to yesterday. Storms will decrease north to south this evening starting around sundown with some storms likely over the Raton Ridge\/Southeast Plains intersect through midnight.<\/p>\n Burn scars over the SE Mountains will be susceptible to flooding again today, so storms that track near these areas should be monitored closely this afternoon. There is high confidence storms today will have rain rates greater than 0.5 inches\/hour, so a Moderate threat has been issued for the Southeast Mountain burn areas. A Low flood threat has been issued for eastern CO again today as heavy rainfall is expected once again and decent rainfall over the mountains yesterday will likely increase runoff this afternoon.<\/p>\n
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