| - | Trough of low pressure to the west will rotate an upper level disturbance over the District later today producing mid to late afternoon thunderstorms that may persist well into the evening. Ahead of the thunderstorm activity conditions will be dry through early afternoon with temperatures being held down a bit due to cloud cover, over northern areas of the District with sunshine this morning over southern zones resulting in highs in the 60s/70s. This sunny/cloudy line will play a role in thunderstorm development later today... |
| - | Thunderstorms will first begin to initiate where there is more sunshine through the first half of the day over the foothills and Palmer Divide region between 1-3pm. These initial storms will likely produce outflow boundaries and initiate new storm development over a larger geographical area between 3-6pm. Widely scattered storm coverage is then expected through about 10pm, but could linger until around midnight, ending from west to east. |
| - | Moderate to strong thunderstorms will be capable of producing brief moderate to heavy rainfall and stronger thunderstorms may become severe with gusty winds and large hail being the primary threats. Storm motions will generally be from west to east at 15-20mph. Stronger thunderstorms may move against the grain and outflow boundaries may lead to erratic storm movements at times. |
WORST CASE SCENARIO: A stalled out thunderstorm along an outflow boundary may result in up to 1.6" of rain in 60 minutes or less.
A LOOK AHEAD: Thunderstorm activity will increase on Sunday with a wet and cool weather pattern setting up into early next week as the upper level low pressure system to the W continues to rotate disturbances into Colorado. Thunderstorms will become possible by around noon Sunday with stronger storms capable of producing periods of moderate and briefly heavy rainfall. Sunday evening thunderstorm activity is expected to diminish with a continued chance of rain showers overnight.
| Location | Prime Time | 30-Minute Rainfall and % Probability |
Message Potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains | |||
| Boulder |
400 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (80%) to 0.3" (60%) to 0.8" (20%) | |
| Broomfield |
400 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (80%) to 0.3" (60%) to 0.8" (15%) | |
| Adams |
300 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (90%) to 0.3" (65%) to 0.8" (20%) | |
| Denver |
300 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (80%) to 0.3" (60%) to 0.8" (15%) | |
| Jefferson |
300 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (80%) to 0.3" (60%) to 0.8" (15%) | |
| Arapahoe |
200 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (90%) to 0.3" (65%) to 0.8" (20%) | |
| Douglas |
100 PM TO
1000 PM |
0.1" (90%) to 0.3" (65%) to 0.8" (20%) | |
| Foothills above 6500ft | |||
| Boulder |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
0.1" (95%) to 0.3" (75%) to 0.8" (20%) | |
| Douglas |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
0.1" (90%) to 0.3" (65%) to 0.8" (20%) | |
| Jefferson |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
0.1" (90%) to 0.3" (65%) to 0.8" (20%) |
MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS.