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COLORADO · WELD COUNTY

Briggsdale

134 people, 4,870 ft above sea level in Weld County.

4,870 ftElevation, city center
134People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 46°
Sunny now Dew point 46° · SE 12 mph · high 52°
City of Briggsdale River Interstate 2 miles
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The Briggsdale plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Briggsdale

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 11:00 AM MST
RIGHT NOW Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (KFMM) · 12:55 PM
Sunny
46° Sunny Feels like 41° · high of 52° near 1 PM
WindSE 12 mphno gusts
Humidity100%falling to 71% this afternoon
Pressure29.82 in →steady
Visibility8 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 46° · Dry33° by Monday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday60% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.13 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Weld County
NWS Denver and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:15 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:42 AM4:40 PM ↓
9 h 58 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
56
MODERATEAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 35 to 45° ↑ Humid air returns Drier: 38° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
52° 33°
20% rain — SE 17, gusts 30 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
57° 31°
0% rain — SSE 6 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 32°
0% rain — SE 5 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
60° 34°
0% rain — E 6 C
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
58° 29°
10% rain — ENE 8 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 32°
10% rain — SE 13, gusts 28 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
56° 30°
60% rain up to 0.4″ NNW 14, gusts 30 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Briggsdale about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Great Basin three days ago, and over the southern Rockies a day ago, about 760 miles back along its path. It came down from about 12,300 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Great Basin; at 10,000 feet, from the California coast. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Briggsdale stands on

Briggsdale’s center stands about 4,870 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,790 ft to 5,040 ft, a difference of 250 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Crow Valley Hill, about 5,360 ft, 11 miles northwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Laramie Fm (shale, claystone, sandstone), from the Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old.

Briggsdale, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
4,800 ft5,000 ft5,200 ft BRIGGSDALE4,870 ftHigh point of the line5,280 ftCrow Creekabout 4,830 ftLow point4,750 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 36×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Laramie Fm

Shale, claystone, sandstone. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Briggsdale’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Briggsdale reaches the Gulf of America by way of the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,360 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Briggsdale≈ 2,360 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF BRIGGSDALE ≈ 2,360 mi to the Gulf of America South Platte → Platte → Missouri → Mississippi

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Briggsdale; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Briggsdale on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Greeley CO · 28 MI 28 miles southwest Fort Collins CO · 39 MI 39 miles west Denver CO · 67 MI 67 miles southwest Aurora CO · 67 MI 67 miles south Lakewood CO · 77 MI 77 miles southwest Colorado Springs CO · 124 MI 124 miles south
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COLORADO · WELD

Briggsdale

134 people, 4,870 ft above sea level in Weld County.

4,870 ftElevation
134People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 46°
SunnyDew point 46°
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Today in Briggsdale

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 52° 24%
4p mostly cloudy day 52° 2%
7p mostly cloudy night 44° 2%
10p partly cloudy night 41° 2%
1a partly cloudy night 37° 1%
4a partly cloudy night 35° 1%
Showers
NEXT RAINFriday · 60%
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Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Briggsdale stands on

Briggsdale’s center stands about 4,870 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,790 ft to 5,040 ft, a difference of 250 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Crow Valley Hill, about 5,360 ft, 11 miles northwest.

Briggsdale, northwest to southeast Briggsdale4,870 ftCrow Creekabout 4,830 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 69×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,870 ft
Within 3 miles4,790 to 5,040 ft
Lie of the landRolling (250 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCrow Valley Hill, 5,360 ft, 11 mi northwest
Rock at the surfaceLaramie Fm
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,360 mito the Gulf of AmericaSouth Platte → Platte → Missouri → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Briggsdale reaches the Gulf of America by way of the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,360 river miles.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.