{"id":56531,"date":"2018-06-26T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/scorching-weather-to-persist-with-one-possible-blip-on-the-radar\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T16:52:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:52:22","slug":"scorching-weather-to-persist-with-one-possible-blip-on-the-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/scorching-weather-to-persist-with-one-possible-blip-on-the-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorching weather to persist, with one possible blip on the radar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Tubers float down the Animas River on Monday near 12th Street in Durango. Weather forecasters are calling for above-average temperatures for most days leading into next week.<\/span>Shane Benjamin\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Weather forecasters are calling for above-average temperatures and low levels of humidity this week and early next week in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n

They offered one bit of hope for moisture later this week, on Friday, when a thunderstorm could roll through the region. But Jimmy Fowler, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, warned it is too early to know if the storm will materialize.<\/p>\n

High temperatures are expected to be in the 90s, with lows in the 50s this week in Durango, he said.<\/p>\n

The above-average temperatures and below-average moisture is a pattern that has persisted through the winter, spring and first part of summer in Southwest Colorado. Forecasters blame a high-pressure system for blocking storms from reaching the Four Corners.<\/p>\n

Forecasters say the summer rains that fall on the Southwest United States each year are on track to be slightly later but a little heavier than usual.<\/p>\n

Brian Klimowski, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Flagstaff, Arizona, said Monday the rains will likely start between July 6 and 9. He says they could be 5 to 10 percent heavier than average in some areas.<\/p>\n

The recurring weather pattern called the North American monsoon brings rain from the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California into Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.<\/p>\n

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The weather pattern that has brought above-average temperatures and below-average moisture to Southwest Colorado through the winter, spring and first part of summer is expected to persist through the week. Brian Klimowski, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Flagstaff, Arizona, said Monday the rains will likely start between July 6 and 9.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Klimowski says the monsoon historically provides between 10 and 50 percent of the region\u2019s annual precipitation during July, August and September.<\/p>\n

Even an average monsoon would be welcome in the region, which is suffering through a long, severe drought.<\/p>\n

But those rains don\u2019t typically materialize until mid-July in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n

The Climate Prediction Center says that Durango has a 50 percent chance of having above-normal precipitation in July, Fowler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been such a dry year that we hope it\u2019s going to be a little more active than usual, but we can\u2019t really say anything for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Fire officials said they expect monsoons will help soak the 416 Fire, which has been burning since June 1.<\/p>\n

Firefighters received one notable reprieve since then from Mother Nature: Remnants of Hurricane Bud, which brought just over an inch of rain June 16 and 17 to the burn area.<\/p>\n

rsimonovich@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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