{"id":22377,"date":"2025-05-05T23:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rains-expected-to-continue-through-thursday-as-storm-trudges-on\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:12:59","slug":"rains-expected-to-continue-through-thursday-as-storm-trudges-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rains-expected-to-continue-through-thursday-as-storm-trudges-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Rains expected to continue through Thursday as storm trudges on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Rusty
Rusty Frank makes his way to downtown Durango on Tuesday. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A slow-moving, low-pressure system is making its way across Southwest Colorado and leaving behind some welcome precipitation. And although the system is too late to be considered a winter storm and too early to be a monsoon, it is nonetheless seasonally appropriate, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist.<\/p>\n

The storm so far has left between 0.4 inches and 0.8 inches of rain in the Animas River Basin, said Meteorologist Tom Renwick on Monday, and between 0.1 inches and 0.4 inches around Cortez, where April was another unusually dry month.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not unusual,\u201d Renwick said. \u201c\u2026 If you look at how much rainfall we get, or SWE (snow-water equivalent), there\u2019s always a little blip in May.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steady rains continued through Tuesday, before unsettled patterns move through the region Wednesday and Thursday. The storm is collecting moisture from the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico (which President Donald Trump recently renamed the Gulf of America), Renwick said.<\/p>\n

After a disappointing winter,<\/a> the moisture is welcome news in La Plata County, most of which is in D2 severe drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Drought
Drought map released May 1, 2025, by the U.S. Drought Monitor.<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Intermittent heavy rains have law enforcement concerned about driving conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cStorms often reduce visibility for motorists, so you need to ensure that your headlights, taillights and turn signals are functioning and being used,\u201d said Col. Matthew C. Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol in a news release. \u201cIf your wipers are skipping, smearing, or just not clearing the windshield like they used to, it\u2019s time for you to replace them. You can only avoid road damage, pedestrians and other vehicles you can see.\u201d<\/p>\n

rschafir@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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