{"id":4333,"date":"2017-05-03T10:23:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T16:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2017-05-04T08:57:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:57:07","slug":"stp-05-03-2017-several-rounds-of-showers-a-few-storms-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=4333","title":{"rendered":"STP 05-03-2017: Several Rounds of Showers; A Few Storms Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: 5\/3\/2017<br>\nIssue Time: 10:22 AM MDT<\/p>\n<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>A strong disturbance moved into Colorado on Tuesday, generating light to moderate rain showers and snow showers for the higher elevations. Cloud cover kept temperatures below seasonal normal, and also limited the amount of instability available for thunderstorm development. Nonetheless a few <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;scattered&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;25-40% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>scattered<\/span> rumbles of thunder were heard across the state into the afternoon, evening and overnight hours. Fast storm motion limited rainfall amounts, but <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;widespread&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;greater than 60% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>widespread<\/span> accumulation of 0.25 to 0.5 inches was common across the state, mainly east of the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Continental Divide&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;textColor&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;has-white-color has-text-color&amp;quot;&amp;gt;the dividing line that separates the watersheds of the western and eastern United States; rivers west of the divide empty into the Pacific Ocean, while rivers east of the divide empty into the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>Continental Divide<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Above about 7,000 feet, snow mixed with the rain (with all snow above 9,000 feet). A few inches of snowfall was reported in the higher elevations of Boulder, Gunnison, Lake, Summit, Park and Larimer counties.<\/p>\n<p>For precipitation estimates in your area, check out our Precipitation Map below.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/STP_20170503_Map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4340 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/STP_20170503_Map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"497\"\/><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stormtotalprecip_legend.png\" alt=\"Storm Total Precip Legend\" width=\"470\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: 5\/3\/2017 Issue Time: 10:22 AM MDT Summary: A strong disturbance moved into Colorado on Tuesday, generating light to moderate rain showers and snow showers for the higher elevations. Cloud cover kept temperatures below seasonal normal, and also limited the amount of instability available for thunderstorm development. Nonetheless a few <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;scattered&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;25-40% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>scattered<\/span> rumbles of thunder [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4341,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions\/4341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}