{"id":8841,"date":"2019-05-04T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T14:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=8841"},"modified":"2019-10-14T09:37:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:37:59","slug":"ftb-05-04-2019-warmer-and-mainly-dry-a-few-high-based-showersthunderstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=8841","title":{"rendered":"FTB 05-04-2019: Warmer and Mainly Dry, a Few Showers\/Thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: 5\/4\/2018
\nIssue Time: 8:40 AM<\/p>\n

NO FLOOD THREAT IS FORECAST TODAY.<\/em><\/p>\n

Surface high pressure has built across much of the state underneath west-northwesterly flow aloft (shown in the image below). This will result in a fairly dry day overall, as below average low-level moisture continues to be ushered in from the west. A ribbon of moisture embedded in the mid-level flow will bring an increase in clouds this afternoon over and near the higher terrain, including the Urban Corridor, with a few high-based, weak showers\/thunderstorms developing this afternoon and evening. Little-to-no rainfall is expected from this activity; virga<\/span>, gusty winds, and occasional lightning will be the main impacts.<\/p>\n

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Over the eastern plains, a surface trough<\/span> will develop as the day progresses owing to the west-northwesterly flow aloft. This trough<\/span> will act as a convergence zone, with westerly surface flow to the west, and easterly surface flow to the east. This trough<\/span> will set up roughly oriented along a line from Peetz to Akron to Arriba to Las Animas to Kim. A few weak disturbances rippling through the otherwise nondescript flow aloft (blue lines in image) will be the “trigger” mechanism for the development of few scattered<\/span> thunderstorms east of the line. Due to marginally favorable wind shear<\/span> enhanced by the surface trough<\/span>, as well as the increased low-level moisture brought in by the easterly surface flow, a few of the storms will be strong-to-severe, with brief periods of moderate rainfall attending the threat for 0.5-1.5” hail and strong winds. No flood threat is expected from this activity, but isolated<\/span> ponding issues may arise in poorly drained locations.<\/p>\n

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

For more information on today’s flood threat, see the map below. For Zone-Specific forecasts, jump below the map.<\/p>\n

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Zone-Specific Forecasts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Urban Corridor, Northeast Plains, Southeast Plains, Palmer Ridge, and Raton Ridge:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mostly sunny and dry for most areas, with high temperatures a few degrees warmer than yesterday. A few high-based weak showers\/storms will move off of the higher terrain and over adjacent lower elevations between 1 PM and 8 PM, but little-to-no rainfall is expected from this activity; gusty winds and virga<\/span> will be the main results.<\/p>\n

Further to the east, east of the aforementioned line from Peetz to Akron to Arriba to Las Animas to Kim, a few scattered<\/span> strong-to-severe thunderstorms<\/span> will rumble this afternoon and evening, kicking off around 2 PM, moving eastward, and ending\/exiting the state by 9 PM. Brief periods of moderate rainfall, hail up to 1.5 inches, and strong winds up to 65 mph are possible with these storms.<\/p>\n

Front Range, Northern Mountains, Northwest Slope, Southeast Mountains, San Luis Valley, Central Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Grand Valley, and Southwest Slope:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mostly sunny and dry conditions will be the name of the game for most, with only a few high-based weak showers\/thunderstorms over the higher terrain breaking up the otherwise pleasant day. A few sprinkles, and flurries above 12,000 feet, will be possible, but gusty winds and virga<\/span> will be the main results.<\/p>\n

Timing: 1 PM – 9 PM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: 5\/4\/2018 Issue Time: 8:40 AM NO FLOOD THREAT IS FORECAST TODAY. Surface high pressure has built across much of the state underneath west-northwesterly flow aloft (shown in the image below). This will result in a fairly dry day overall, as below average low-level moisture continues to be ushered in from the west. A […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"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\/8841"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11107,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8841\/revisions\/11107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}