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Widespread rain showers expected to linger

Southern storm brings warm temps, no snow

The remnants of a tropical storm in the southern Pacific brought widespread storms Thursday to Southwest Colorado, with more moisture expected Friday and Saturday in the San Juan Mountains.

“It’s a pretty good batch of moisture for this time of year,” said Dennis Phillips, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.

Because it is a southerly flow, temperatures are expected to remain fairly warm, meaning no snow is expected, and if there is any, it should occur above timberline and the mountain passes.

Local weather observers reported about 0.10 inches of precipitation as of 9:30 a.m. in Hermosa and western La Plata County. The widespread moisture is expected to move on by Friday afternoon, but lingering showers are expected as late as Saturday.

“The hills will be getting the main bulk of the precipitation, and maybe a stray shower in the lower elevations,” Phillips said.

The next chance for moisture arrives mid-week next week, but weather models show the storm could hit either Colorado or favor the northern Rockies.

“The models are taking it a little differently toward midweek,” Phillips said. “One really wants to dive it in toward Colorado, which would give us a better chance (of moisture), and one is kind of lifting it up toward the northern Rockies.”

shane@durangoherald.com



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