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: 7:23 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
16°C
Feels like 16°
Mostly Clear
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 14°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
81%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
24.62 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
1.1
Cloud Cover
15%
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 77% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1273 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:08AM · Sunset: 7:53PM.

51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
16°
15%
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°
55%
2 PM
24°
60%
3 PM
24°
63%
4 PM
23°
68%
5 PM
24°
77%
6 PM
22°
59%
7 PM
22°
63%
8 PM
21°
63%
9 PM
18°
44%
10 PM
18°
40%
11 PM
17°
41%
12 AM
17°
32%
1 AM
16°
32%
2 AM
16°
22%
3 AM
16°
19%
4 AM
15°
19%
5 AM
14°
10%
7-Day Forecast
Today
26° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 63% chance of rain.
Sun
29° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
32° 16°
Mostly Cloudy.
Wed
28° 17°
Rain, 67% chance.
Thu
29° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
31° 17°
Mostly Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 16° Mostly Clear 15% 6 mph SW 81%
7 AM 16° Mostly Clear 31% 6 mph WSW 72%
8 AM 18° Mostly Clear 24% 5 mph WSW 66%
9 AM 20° Mostly Clear 35% 4 mph WNW 59%
10 AM 21° Mostly Clear 35% 4 mph NNW 55%
11 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph NNE 51%
12 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 42% 6 mph NE 48%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 55% 7 mph NE 46%
2 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 60% 8 mph ENE 46%
3 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 63% 8 mph E 49%
4 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 68% 5 mph E 57%
5 PM 24° Rain 77% 7 mph E 64%
6 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 59% 7 mph ESE 70%
7 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 63% 4 mph ESE 75%
8 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 63% 5 mph E 79%
9 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 44% 4 mph SSE 82%
10 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 40% 4 mph S 85%
11 PM 17° Mostly Clear 41% 4 mph S 87%
12 AM 17° Mostly Clear 32% 4 mph S 88%
1 AM 16° Mostly Clear 32% 3 mph SSE 89%
2 AM 16° Mostly Clear 22% 3 mph SSE 90%
3 AM 16° Partly Cloudy 19% 3 mph SSE 90%
4 AM 15° Partly Cloudy 19% 3 mph S 89%
5 AM 14° Partly Cloudy 10% 3 mph S 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Partly Cloudy
63%
14°
26°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
58%
14°
29°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
6%
14°
31°
Tue
8/18
Mostly Cloudy
15%
16°
32°
Wed
8/19
Rain
67%
17°
28°
Thu
8/20
Mostly Clear
17%
13°
29°
Fri
8/21
Mostly Clear
15%
17°
31°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
39%
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°
30°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
51
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
18 AQI 3.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
51 AQI 56 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 51 Moderate 51 18
Mon 51 Moderate 51 18
Tue 93 Moderate 93 26
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, 11:00'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
SBCAPE22 J/kg
MLCAPE24 J/kg
MUCAPE34 J/kg
SBCIN-272 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear28 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear
0–1 km SRH-36
0–3 km SRH-6
Eff. SRH
Storm Motion287° @ 23 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)
Supercell
K-Index
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.09 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.7 °C/km
Total Totals
LCL801 hPa
LFC589 hPa
EL497 hPa
Freezing Lvl9,823 ft