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Rain reports from Wed and a look at the weekend forecast
07/16/26 9am: Hi. How old do you think I am today? If you guess correctly you will get some rain in the next 7 days lol!
Good to see more meaningful rain across parts of the mountains and southern CO yesterday. Rain reports show that parts of Silverthorne in Summit Co picked up 0.54" of rain yesterday, that is great to see. I include some top 24hr reports from CoCoRaHS in the images below.
Here are some notable 24hr totals first:
Monte Vista 2.7 SSE: 0.56"
Silverthorne 2.8 SSW: 0.54"
Dolores 4.8 ENE: 0.52"
Mancos 6.7 ESE: 0.42"
Durango 7.2 N: 0.38"
Pagosa Springs 6.8 WNW: 0.28"
Anyway, for today another good chance for storms across both the north-central and south-central mountains, mostly along/west of the Cont. Divide and from Summit/Grand counties south, mosty in the 1pm-9pm timeframe (looks like Summit Co could get another round of strong storms in the 4pm-8pm timeframe)
For tomorrow a bit less moisture with just isolated storms mostly over south / southwest CO (best chances south of a Fairplay to GJ line favoring the San Juans): 1pm-9pm again.
There is a Flash Flood Watch in place for southwest CO (all of the San Juans and parts of the southern Elks) from 1pm-10pm today and tomorrow for Flash Flooding over burn scars with debris flow possible.
Similar on Sat, with best storm coverage over southwest CO and limited storm coverage over the north-central mountains.
For Den/Bou and the front-range will remain dry and turning hot for the weekend with much better rain chances coming next week (starting Mon). It will be getting hot this weekend, with high temps in the mid / upper 90s (hottest on Sunday).
First image loop shows forecast radar over the next 48hrs (6am this morning to 6am Sat). Second image shows forecast radar at 5pm this evening (some stronger storms in spots). Third image shows top 24hr observed rain reports from CoCoRaHS and fourth image shows where the Flash Flood Watch is for today and tomorrow.
That's all for now, we will be heading up to the mountain house in Silverthorne later today for my birthday weekend. Cheers!
Seth Linden combines professional expertise with a lifelong passion for weather forecasting.
A Colorado native and avid skier, Seth turned his early fascination with weather into a career, earning degrees in Physics and Atmospheric Science from CU Boulder. For over 25 years, he has worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), where he develops winter weather decision support systems for Denver International Airport and state transportation departments.
He shares his forecasting expertise through the Seth's Weather Report Facebook group, specializing in winter storm predictions.
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