Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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443 FXUS65 KBOU 121811 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1211 PM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Above normal temperatures and mostly dry weather are expected today and Thursday. - Snowmelt producing minor impacts from high streams, mainly in Grand County. - Slightly cooler conditions will arrive Friday and Saturday with scattered showers and storms. Some of these storms could be strong to severe along the plains with heavy rain on Friday. && .UPDATE... Issued at 1208 PM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Convective cloudiness is developing over the high country at this time. Nothing on the radars yet. Temperatures over the plains have already reached 90F in some place. The temperatures at DIA in Denver is 13 degrees F higher now than it was yesterday at the same time. For this update, will make a few wind and sky fixes, minor overall. && .SHORT TERM /Through tonight/... Issued at 334 AM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Warmer and drier air will be over Colorado today. We should be too dry for any substantial convective development, but there is still a sliver of mid level moisture streaming in from the west, evidenced by some thin convective clouds lingering around Grand Junction at this hour. So we`ll likely have some development of clouds/virga/sprinkles in the mid afternoon through early evening hours. Hard to say if there will be enough rain generated to make for much wind. The models say there will be almost no CAPE over the western half of our area, although there obviously is a little bit. Further east, there`s a little better surface moisture and there could be a few more substantial thunderstorms in the early evening hours that could generate near-severe wind gusts but not much else. Forecast highs look good, mainly mid 90s on the plains. We`re nearing heat advisory criteria given that it`s the hottest day so far, but we`re not quite there. We increased the late afternoon/evening cloud cover a bit but kept PoPs below 15 percent. && .LONG TERM /Thursday through Tuesday/... Issued at 334 AM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Above normal temperatures continue Thursday across the region. An upper level high remains south of Colorado keeping moisture limited. Cross sections display zonal flow Thursday morning. There is enough instability of ML CAPE values between 200-400 J/kg to lead to an isolated shower or storm mainly east of the I-25 corridor. Any storm will likely remain sub-severe and could produce small hail. A front sweeps through early evening which should end any additional storms. Thursday afternoon highs approach the low to mid 90s for the plains while the mountains and valleys range from the low 70s to low 80s. This pattern will likely lead to additional snowmelt on the higher peaks increasing watershed flows. As the high pressure system breaks down, an incoming shortwave trough brings additional moisture and forcing to allow scattered to numerous storms and showers to occur throughout our CWA. Long skinny model soundings and PWATs increasing between 0.80-1.00 inch may lead to localized flooding mainly for the urban corridor and plains. There is some uncertainty in the severe threat location and lack of shear. Friday afternoon could start as a few strong to severe storms in the plains then becoming more of a heavy rainfall event by the evening hours. This weekend, ensembles favor temperatures bouncing back above 90 across the urban corridor and plains. Generally, thunderstorm coverage remains isolated for northeastern Colorado. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday/... Issued at 1208 PM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Models show weak normal diurnal wind patterns at DIA into Thursday morning. Will leave precipitation and the associated gusty variable outflow winds out of the TAF for now. There will be no ceiling issues. && .HYDROLOGY... Issued at 334 AM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024 Elevated flows continue across the upper Colorado River basin in Grand County, with Flood Advisories in effect for streams above Granby and Grand Lake. Remain alert of the dangers of water that is running high and cold. Flows may increase over the next few days as hot temperatures are expected followed by showers on Friday. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ UPDATE.......RJK SHORT TERM...Gimmestad LONG TERM....AD AVIATION.....RJK HYDROLOGY...AD/Gimmestad