Flood Advisory — Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Morgan County, CO 10:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 11:00 PM

Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States

Last updated: 6:17 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
16°C
Feels like 15°
Mostly Clear
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 14°
Wind
6 mph SSW
Humidity
86%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
24.62 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
22%
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Arapahoe County is currently mostly clear at 16°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 73% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1276 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:08AM · Sunset: 7:53PM.

64 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
16°
15%
6 AM
14°
31%
7 AM
16°
31%
8 AM
18°
24%
9 AM
20°
35%
10 AM
21°
35%
11 AM
22°
35%
12 PM
23°
42%
1 PM
24°
53%
2 PM
24°
56%
3 PM
24°
63%
4 PM
23°
68%
5 PM
24°
73%
6 PM
23°
56%
7 PM
22°
46%
8 PM
21°
63%
9 PM
18°
44%
10 PM
18°
45%
11 PM
17°
41%
12 AM
16°
24%
1 AM
16°
24%
2 AM
16°
14%
3 AM
16°
11%
4 AM
16°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Today
26° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 73% chance of rain.
Sun
29° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
32° 16°
Overcast.
Wed
28° 17°
Rain, 67% chance.
Thu
29° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
31° 17°
Mostly Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Mostly Clear 15% 6 mph SSW 86%
6 AM 14° Mostly Clear 31% 6 mph SW 79%
7 AM 16° Mostly Clear 31% 6 mph WSW 74%
8 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 24% 6 mph WSW 67%
9 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph W 60%
10 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph NW 55%
11 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 35% 6 mph N 51%
12 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 42% 7 mph NE 48%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 53% 8 mph NE 47%
2 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 56% 8 mph ENE 46%
3 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 63% 8 mph E 48%
4 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 68% 6 mph E 55%
5 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 73% 7 mph E 64%
6 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 56% 7 mph SE 71%
7 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SE 74%
8 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 63% 4 mph S 78%
9 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 44% 4 mph SSW 82%
10 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 45% 3 mph ENE 84%
11 PM 17° Partly Cloudy 41% 3 mph SE 86%
12 AM 16° Mostly Clear 24% 3 mph SSE 88%
1 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 24% 3 mph SE 89%
2 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 14% 3 mph SE 90%
3 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph SE 90%
4 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph S 89%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Partly Cloudy
73%
14°
26°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
58%
14°
29°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
9%
14°
31°
Tue
8/18
Overcast
15%
16°
32°
Wed
8/19
Rain
67%
17°
28°
Thu
8/20
Mostly Clear
15%
13°
29°
Fri
8/21
Mostly Clear
15%
17°
31°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
47%
17°
32°
Sun
8/23
Rain
66%
19°
33°
Mon
8/24
Rain
67%
19°
29°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
64
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
29 AQI 5.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
64 AQI 60 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 64 Moderate 64 29
Sun 54 Moderate 54 24
Mon 46 Good 46 16
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sat Aug 15, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE27 J/kg
MLCAPE21 J/kg
MUCAPE93 J/kg
SBCIN-265 J/kg
MLCIN-211 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear30 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear
0–1 km SRH-31
0–3 km SRH-6
Eff. SRH
Storm Motion289° @ 23 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)
Supercell
K-Index
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.11 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.8 °C/km
Total Totals
LCL808 hPa
LFC579 hPa
EL486 hPa
Freezing Lvl9,957 ft