| - | Temperatures warm back into the mid 90s Thursday, underneath a strong ridge of high pressure anchored over SW Colorado. |
| - | Look for plenty of sunshine for much of the day, before a few isolated showers and thunderstorms move off the mountains and foothills onto the adjacent plains late this afternoon. Today’s storms will produce little rainfall, with brief gusty winds and lightning being the primary threats. |
| - | Today's storms will track to the ESE at around 12-18mph, with the best chance for a storm over the District occurring between about 4:00pm-8:00pm. |
WORST CASE SCENARIO: Surface moisture does not mix out as forecasted, allowing a stronger thunderstorm to produce up to 0.40" rainfall in 30-60 minutes.
A LOOK AHEAD: The ridge shifts slightly on Friday, helping draw mid and upper-level moisture N over Colorado. We’ll see a better chance for mainly high-based showers and thunderstorms as a result, while temperatures continue in the mid to upper 90s.
| Location | Prime Time | 30-Minute Rainfall and % Probability |
Message Potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains | |||
| Adams |
400 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (60%) to 0.1" (30%) to 0.2" (5%) | |
| Arapahoe |
400 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (70%) to 0.1" (45%) to 0.2" (10%) | |
| Boulder |
400 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (60%) to 0.1" (30%) to 0.2" (5%) | |
| Broomfield |
400 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (60%) to 0.1" (30%) to 0.2" (5%) | |
| Denver |
400 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (70%) to 0.1" (45%) to 0.2" (10%) | |
| Jefferson |
400 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (75%) to 0.1" (50%) to 0.2" (15%) | |
| Douglas |
300 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (75%) to 0.1" (50%) to 0.2" (15%) | |
| Foothills above 6500ft | |||
| Boulder |
200 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (70%) to 0.1" (45%) to 0.2" (10%) | |
| Douglas |
200 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (90%) to 0.1" (60%) to 0.2" (20%) | |
| Jefferson |
200 PM TO
800 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.1" (55%) to 0.2" (20%) |
MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS.