Summer 2013 Colorado Weather, Rain, Monsoon, Thunderstorms, Hail, El Nino, La Nina, etc (Pueblo: stats, pine)

[xeric]

Originally Posted by Colorado Rambler

Thanks for posting that, Josseppi! Interesting story. I thought you were watering your lawn just to be contrary. (- but I'm still going to tease you about the Amazon Rainforest )

I prefer the Everglades analogy. Watch out Joss, if you water any more, you might attract alligators from the San Luis Valley gator farm.

[xeric]

The Fort Collins paper has an interesting article on last weekend's rain in the Denver area. Apparently, it wasn't an enhanced monsoon event but rather a rare case of an extratropical easterly wave. More details:

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20...l-weather-year

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by Colorado Rambler

Thanks for posting that, Josseppi! Interesting story. I thought you were watering your lawn just to be contrary. (- but I'm still going to tease you about the Amazon Rainforest )

Originally Posted by xeric

I prefer the Everglades analogy. Watch out Joss, if you water any more, you might attract alligators from the San Luis Valley gator farm.

My friends tease me all the time telling me they would have the kind of yard I do if they had the Amazon running through their yard too.

As a side note I read in todays paper where water use in Pueblo by the government is down but up for its residents. So it looks like I am not the only one watering a lot this summer.

[jim9251]

.35" of rain from a thunderstorm last night. The Uncompahgre River is very muddy, kinda looks like the Rio Grande this morning. More storms and rain forecast for this evening.

I've forgotten how LOUD thunder is here echoing off the mountains.

[jazzlover]

Josseppie's constant bragging about his water use and his stupid-ass yard is very illustrative of Lincoln's admonition, "Better to be quiet and be thought a fool than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

As to this year's summer Southwest Monsoon, so far, it has not been impressive. As noted, some of the biggest rains in most of southern Colorado have come from an atypical weather event inconsistent with the normal Southwest Monsoon. There is hope that a more "normal" Southwest Monsoonal moisture flow will reach into Colorado next week. Whether that happens or not, most areas of southern Colorado are still way below normal in precipitation for this water season (some well below 50% of normal) and even well below normal for warm-season precipitation. The drought continues, with all the ominous long-term implications that entails. One or two big rains and all the armchair development-happy idiots want to believe that Colorado's ominous water scarcity situation just went away, but it ain't so.

[jim9251]

Public information statement
national weather service grand junction co
105 pm mdt thu jul 18 2013

the following are preliminary 24 hour precipitation reports from
western colorado and eastern utah, ending around 9 am thursday. The
first value is rainfall or water amounts in snow, and the second
value is snowfall, when appropriate. Amounts are in inches.


Western colorado and eastern utah 24 hour stations:

Meeker, 0.98.
Montrose, 0.18.


Official climate stations of western colorado:

Black canyon national park, 1.92.
2 miles southwest of collbran, 0.10.
6 miles southeast of grand junction, 0.21.
Montrose #2, 0.20.
Ouray, 0.41.
Palisade, 0.75.
1 mile southwest of paonia, 0.21.
2 miles north of paradox, 0.87.
Ridgway, 0.43.
3 miles northeast of rifle, 0.34.
Shoshone, 0.34.
Silverton, 0.55.

[Colorado Rambler]

Originally Posted by jim9251

Public information statement
national weather service grand junction co
105 pm mdt thu jul 18 2013

the following are preliminary 24 hour precipitation reports from
western colorado and eastern utah, ending around 9 am thursday. The
first value is rainfall or water amounts in snow, and the second
value is snowfall, when appropriate. Amounts are in inches.


Western colorado and eastern utah 24 hour stations:

Meeker, 0.98.
Montrose, 0.18.


Official climate stations of western colorado:

Black canyon national park, 1.92.
2 miles southwest of collbran, 0.10.
6 miles southeast of grand junction, 0.21.
Montrose #2, 0.20.
Ouray, 0.41.
Palisade, 0.75.
1 mile southwest of paonia, 0.21.
2 miles north of paradox, 0.87.
Ridgway, 0.43.
3 miles northeast of rifle, 0.34.
Shoshone, 0.34.
Silverton, 0.55.

And, as usual, no Cortez - even in the WESTERN Colorado precip reports. I'm beginning to feel that I am just living in some mirage flickering in the subconscious of Colorado like a forgotten dream. Even teensy little Paradox on the Utah border gets a mention, but not us.

Filling in for the Nat'l Weather Service: 10:47 mdt thu jul 18 2013

Cortez (dammit), currently just beginning to get the first precip in 24 hours - wind blowing in from the desert smells like rain. Nice pyrotechnics in the form of lightening bolts and thunder. Oooh good one! That was pretty close just now! Heavy rain probably will last for 20 minutes or so. All rain is deeply appreciated here. Please send MORE!

@jazzlover: Just between you and me, I blame Front Range water boards and local government as much as or more than urban dwellers with bluegrass fetishes (whoops lights flickering - better save this in case the electricity goes).

There's like 3 native/30 year + long time Colorado residents left on the Front Range. The rest of the urban population remains clueless. As long as the water utilities provide them with low cost water for their lawns, they're happy to take it. They look out their front window and see all that green and subconsciously, they're still living in Arlington, VA .

But if they stay here long enough, they'll find out differently. Since bluegrass is so important to them, maybe once they finally discover that they REALLY can no longer have it, they'll pack their bags and move back to Lexington. One can always dream, right?

[DOUBLE H]

Interstate 70 has been re-opened this morning. KKCO 11 reported late last night of a mudslide about 40 feet long came across the highway near exit 42 (Palisade exit.) Traffic was held up for several hours.

Got a good storm in the Fruita area for about a half hour yesterday evening. Need more though.

[jim9251]

Public information statement
national weather service grand junction co
110 pm mdt fri jul 19 2013

the following are preliminary 24 hour precipitation reports from
western colorado and eastern utah, ending around 9 am friday. The
first value is rainfall or water amounts in snow, and the second
value is snowfall, when appropriate. Amounts are in inches.


Western colorado and eastern utah 24 hour stations:

Aspen, 0.18.
Cortez, 0.31.
Montrose, 0.16.


Official climate stations of western colorado:

2 miles southwest of collbran, 0.25.
Cortez, 0.29.
Crested butte, 0.24.
3 miles east of delta, 0.39.
6 miles southeast of grand junction, 0.14.
Montrose #2, 0.12.
Ouray, 0.44.
Palisade, 0.60.
2 miles north of paradox, 1.88.
3 miles northeast of rifle, 0.12.
Steamboat springs, 0.16.
Yampa, 0.30.

[Colorado Rambler]

Originally Posted by jim9251

Public information statement
national weather service grand junction co
110 pm mdt fri jul 19 2013

the following are preliminary 24 hour precipitation reports from
western colorado and eastern utah, ending around 9 am friday. The
first value is rainfall or water amounts in snow, and the second
value is snowfall, when appropriate. Amounts are in inches.


Western colorado and eastern utah 24 hour stations:

Aspen, 0.18.
Cortez, 0.31.
Montrose, 0.16.


Official climate stations of western colorado:

2 miles southwest of collbran, 0.25.
Cortez, 0.29.
Crested butte, 0.24.
3 miles east of delta, 0.39.
6 miles southeast of grand junction, 0.14.
Montrose #2, 0.12.
Ouray, 0.44.
Palisade, 0.60.
2 miles north of paradox, 1.88.
3 miles northeast of rifle, 0.12.
Steamboat springs, 0.16.
Yampa, 0.30.

YAY!