{"id":988,"date":"2015-06-24T10:13:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T16:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2015-06-25T10:43:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:43:49","slug":"ftb-06-24-2015-storm-chances-continue-now-across-the-whole-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"FTB 06-24-2015: Storm Chances Continue, Now Across the Whole State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: 6\/24\/2015
\nIssue Time: 10:10AM<\/p>\n

— Low flood threat for Northeast Plains, Palmer Ridge and Southeast Plains
\n— Low flood threat for San Juans
\n— Low flood threat for Arkansas River from below Pueblo dam through La Junta<\/em><\/p>\n

The upper-level high pressure system continues to retreat eastward, allowing for a return flow to develop across the Four Corners region. Today’s water vapor image, below, shows that this flow has some mid and upper-level moisture with it. As such, thunderstorm coverage is expected to increase across the state. However, one main limitation will be the surface moisture. Though surface dewpoints continue to run very high with readings over 60F in many locations, this moisture is incredibly shallow. A nice example comes from Boulder this morning: the Foothills weather station showed a dewpoint temperature of 61F, while the Mesa weather station, only 800 feet higher in elevation, had a dewpoint of 36F!<\/p>\n

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For today, we expect sunny to partly cloudy skies this morning to lead to scattered<\/span> thunderstorm activity by afternoon. Coverage will be highest in the San Juans stretching northeast through the Central Mountains and eastward across the plains. Over the San Juans and parts of the Plains, a Low flood threat has been issued. Storms will also be capable of producing very gusty winds, up to 65 mph. Activity will quickly subside after sunset, except through 11pm near the Kansas border.<\/p>\n

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, jump below the map.
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Zone-Specific Forecasts<\/h3>\n

Grand Valley, Northwest Slope, Northern Mountains, Central Mountains, San Luis Valley, Front Range, Urban Corridor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Partly cloudy early, then scattered<\/span> thunderstorms forming by early afternoon. Maximum one-hour rainfall is expected to stay below 0.5 inches so no flooding is expected. Stronger storms may produce gusty winds up to 65 mph.<\/p>\n

San Juans, Southwest Slope<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunny early, then turning partly cloudy. Scattered<\/span> thunderstorms are likely by early afternoon with maximum one hour rainfall up to 0.8 inches possible. This could lead to isolated<\/span> flash flooding<\/span>, mud slides and debris flows. Gusty winds up to 65 mph may accompany the stronger storms. A Low flood threat has been posted.<\/p>\n

Primetime: 1pm through 8pm<\/p>\n

Northeast Plains, Palmer Ridge, Southeast Plains, Raton Ridge and Southeast Mountains:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunny early, with scattered<\/span> storms forming by early afternoon. Maximum 1-hour rainfall up to 1.2 inches will be possible in the stronger storms, along with hail to 0.75 inches and gusty winds up to 65 mph.<\/p>\n

Primetime: 2PM through 9PM, except through 11PM near the Kansas border<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: 6\/24\/2015 Issue Time: 10:10AM — Low flood threat for Northeast Plains, Palmer Ridge and Southeast Plains — Low flood threat for San Juans — Low flood threat for Arkansas River from below Pueblo dam through La Junta The upper-level high pressure system continues to retreat eastward, allowing for a return flow to develop […]<\/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\/988"}],"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=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}