Heavy rainfall from scattered thunderstorms is expected across the Southwest, Intermountain West, and Plains. Isolated dry thunderstorms may initiate additional fires across the west. The coastal Carolinas may experience flash floods in the coming days due to repeated thunderstorms. Additionally, a wave of intense summer heat will hit the Southern Plains and central Gulf Coast States this week. Read More >
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U.S. DROUGHT OUTLOOKS (NWS Climate Prediction Center - CPC) |
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One Month Drought Outlook | Seasonal Drought Outlook (3 months) |
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DROUGHT TRACKER, VEGETATION, and QUICK DROUGHT INDICES FOR COLORADO |
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Westwide Drought Tracker (Western Region Climate Center) |
Vegetation Drought Response (Natl Drought Mitigation Center) |
Quick Drought Response Index (Natl Drought Mitigation Center) |
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SOIL MOISTURE |
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10 cm soils in Colorado (Colorado Climate Center) |
top meter soils in Colorado (Colorado Climate Center) |
U.S. Soils, Crops & Drought (NWS Climate Prediction Center) |
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Soil Moisture Percentiles or Topsoil Moisture Monitoring or Soil Moisture Anomaly Percentile or Soil Moisture Percentile or Crop Moisture Index or Integrated Drought Indices or Palmer Drought Index Percentiles or Standardized Runoff Index |
U.S. Drought Monitor Classification Change - Colorado |
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3 month | 6 month | 12 month |
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% of Median Basins & SNOTEL Sites |
% of Median River Basin only |
% of Median SNOTEL sites only |
Colorado Basins (interactive) or Colorado Subbasins (interactive) or or Westwide Basins (interactive) |
Colorado (static map) or Colorado Basins (interactive) Colorado Subbasins (interactive) Westwide Basins (static map) or Westwide Basins (interactive) |
Colorado (static map) or Westwide (static map) or (Colorado (interactive) or West of Divide (CBRFC) |
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NRCS Basin and Subbasin (interactive) Graphs (below or click here) |
Statewide and Basins in North Central Colorado. SNOTEL sites | Subbasins in the South Platte Basin |
Subbasins in the North Platte Basin and just West of the Divide |
South Platte River Basin Upper Colorado River Basin North Platte/Laramie Basins State of Colorado Individual SNOTEL sites |
Big Thompson River Boulder Creek Cache la Poudre River Clear Creek Saint Vrain Creek Headwaters South Platte |
Blue River Headwaters Colorado River Muddy Creek Williams Fork Willow Creek Laramie River North Platte River |
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NWS Snowfall Analysis & Reports | Colorado CoCoRaHS Reports | NWS Monthly Snowfall |
Snowfall Reports Map (interactive) (from 1 to 72 hr slider) or 7am Contour Map (interactive) (24, 48 or 72 hr snowfall) |
Google Snowfall Map (interactive) (change to Snowfall top left corner) or New Snow H20 content (interactive) or Snowfall Map (click a county) |
NC/NE Colorado Maps |
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NOHRSC Colorado Map | Colorado CoCoRaHS Reports | NRCS Colorado Snow Depths |
Modeled Snow Depths Modeled Snow Depth Change Modeled Snow Depth SWE |
Google Snow Depth Map (change to Snow Depth top left) or New Snow Depth (interactive) or Snow Depth Maps (click county) |
Snow Depth Map (static) or Snow Depth Map (interactive) |
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Central Rockies including Western Colorado (below or click here) |
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Western Plains including Eastern Colorado (below or click here) |
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Hourly Graphs | Colorado Maps | U.S. Maps (travel) |
Gridpoint Forecasts type in lat lon (out 2 days) |
Graphical Forecasts (interactive) (to 7 days) |
Loop of Expected Weather (0.5 to 2.5 days) Daily Forecast Weather (3 days) or Graphical Forecasts (interactive) (to 7 days) |
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Percent of Normal Precipitation in Colorado |
Last 7 days | Last 30 days | Last 90 days | Oct 1st-water year |
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Average Precipitation Departure from Normal in Colorado |
Last 7 days | Last 30 days | Last 90 days | Oct 1st-water year |
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6 - 10 Day Outlook | 8 - 14 Day Outlook | Week 3-4 Outlook |
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One Month Outlook | Three Month Outlook | following 3 Month Outlook |
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Average Temperature Departure from Normal in Colorado |
Last 7 days | Last 30 days | Last 90 days | Since Oct 1st-water year |
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6 - 10 Day Outlook | 8 - 14 Day Outlook | Week 3-4 Outlook |
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One Month Outlook | Three Month Outlook | following 3 Month Outlook |
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% of Average Colorado Maps | % of Average Westwide Map |
Individual Reservoirs (interactive) or Reservoir Storage by Basin |
Individual Reservoirs (interactive) |
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NWS Map |
Western Water Supply Forecasts |