We’ve got some lenticular and towering cumulus clouds forming this afternoon as our atmosphere becomes unstable.
8-26-21: 2:00pm update…
Everything is looking good on paper this afternoon as moisture is flowing into the mid-levels of our atmosphere from the SW, dew points and temperatures are rising and we have an approaching trough to our west that is activating storms to our SW. Now we just need all of this to go beyond paper and drop some rain!
We now have Tropical Storm Nora to watch in the Eastern Pacific. Latest model runs show a good chance that moisture from this storm will eventually move our direction later next week as our mid-level flow continues out of the SW. The bigger and longer this storm lasts, the better odds for us getting 1-2 inches of rain next week.
My forecast…
The rest of today…a good chance for scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Since this is convective activity we could see 0-0.50 of rain this afternoon…yes, rain lottery winners and losers as usual. Any storms that do develop will have the potential to produce wind gusts over 30mph and lightning.
Friday-Wednesday: Scattered storms each afternoon. Look for lows in the 40’s and highs in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. Winds will be 10-15 mph with some gusts over 25mph in the afternoons. Any storms that do develop will have the potential to produce wind gusts over 30mph and lightning. I think rain totals will range from 0.10-0.50 through the period. By later next week we could see a definite increase in rain depending on what happens with Nora. I’ll be watching!
-Mark Langford
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Pagosa Springs historical data for August 26th.
| Average High | Record High / Year | Average Low | Record Low / Year |
| 79 | 88 / 1985 | 42 | 26 / 1956 |
