Keywords: Water vapor gif.gif en This is an animated loop of water vapor systems over the western area of North America on September 12th 2013 as shown by the GOES- 15 and GOES-13 satellites The storm that caused the 2013 Colorado flooding was kept in a confined area over the Eastern Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado by these water vapor systems 2013-12-02 14 26 41 http //ccentralassets s3 amazonaws com/NA_Water_Vapor_20130912loop gif Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies CIMSS PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard GOES 13 pictures GOES 15 pictures Meteorological animations |