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<br />- 3 - <br /> <br />MiguellAnimas/Dolores 105%, Gunnison 96%, Colorado 91 %. <br />Southwest basins are in the highest category and are 29% better than last year. <br />. In the last 12 months we saw pretty good storage recovery that matches levels going back about <br />eight years. It has taken 2.5 years to recover reservoir storage from the recent drought. <br /> <br /> <br />National Weather Service Short Term Forecast (Treste <br />Huse NWS - Boulder) <br />. We have some disturbances moving through progressing <br />through Friday <br />. For the graphic the upper level flow is the yellow lines <br />and moisture is in blue for Friday PM. <br />. For the next couple of days we will also have some cold <br />fronts moving through and will see cooler temps. <br />. There is a stronger than normal polar jet that will keep <br />bringing down disturbances <br />. We also have broad trough developing over the state but <br />we will dry out on Saturday and see a little warmer temperatures. <br />. Sunday thunderstorms will move back into our area and <br />Monday it will dry out then stay dry for a while. <br />. We could see some snows during the overnight lows <br />with a better chance of this in northeastern part of the <br />state <br />. We have southwesterly flow over us at the surface and <br />upslope flow and some more. <br /> <br /> <br />Summer Precioitation Outlook - John Henz. HDR <br />En2ineerim!: <br />. John Henz has been part of the flood task force since <br />1994. <br />. Henz showed the following radar image of converging areas of moisture that hit the Denver <br />Metro area at 4 pm last Friday. It went from nothing to a rate of about 1.25 inches per hour. <br />. Henz commended the development of the CoCoRas rain gage network and all of the data that <br />was reported from the recent storms. http://www.cocorahs.org/ <br />. Henz showed pictures of Denver Metro area flooding from last week's storms like the one to the <br />right. <br />. An HDR analysis of summers from 1995-2004 shows that <br />temperatures have been a couple of degrees warmer than <br />average in July and August and precipitation has been a <br />little bit below average. <br />. A bar graph of the number of days above 90 degrees from <br />1995 -2004 is 35 for the whole period. However since <br />2000 the trend is less 90 degree days each year. In 2004 <br />there was 20 days above 90 degrees but it felt hotter last <br />year. <br /> <br /> <br />Flood Protection . Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning <br />