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it to May and now the wea
to change. Severe weather
to pick up across Colorad
plains can still get some
the mountains will still
we shift, our main concer
severe thunderstorms with
winds. The wettest month
in the month of May. That
Denver picked up over 8.5
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It's very rare because Ma
our wettest month of the
May ever was a long time
15.5 inches of snow. But
just 20 years ago, we had
in the month of May, but
monthly snowfall. There's
don't get any snow at all
a lesser threat, but hail
bit, especially in the se
and thunderstorms and tor
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of May and severe storms
in. So you need to watch
May because we're getting
stormiest time of year fo
this is the outlook from
and Atmospheric Administr
to summer outlook calling
edge of warmer than avera
perhaps just slightly on
than average conditions.
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storms tend to be more li
as we get into the spring
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in the Pacific. It change
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can supercharge moisture
but especially later into
to impact our monsoon sea
and August. And we often
heavy rainfall at that ti
season, May and June, the
is a little less concrete
will do. Now, we still ha
Colorado, not as bad as i
we've seen great recovery
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right now kind of indeter
really any strong signals
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on the warmer than averag
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States, including Colorad
things that we're seeing
weather is related to a w
precipitation, flooding,
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mean that regionally or l
cold weather, but globall
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than average conditions a
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hot, dry windy conditions
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our carbon emissions. And
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which is why I talk about
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