Flash Flood Threat To Rise As Monsoon Moisture Moves In

By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – After several days of hot, dry weather we’re starting to see signs of the annual monsoon moving into Colorado, which is simply a seasonal shift in the wind pattern.
The reason we associate a monsoon with wet weather is because that wind shift brings increased levels of moisture into the state which helps to fuel afternoon showers and thunderstorms that produce locally heavy rain.Because upper-level winds are weak over Colorado in the mid-summer thunders