{"id":17534,"date":"2017-05-01T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=17534"},"modified":"2017-05-01T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:14:12","slug":"thorntons-may-weather-preview-snow-to-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/thorntons-may-weather-preview-snow-to-severe-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornton\u2019s May weather preview: Snow to severe storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/images\/months\/may-big.gif\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado May 2013 weather preview.\" width=\"310\" height=\"167\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado May 2016 weather preview.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s famously highly variable weather seems to showcase itself during the month of May when a variety of weather conditions can be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Winter-like temperatures and snow are possible as are mid-summer like temperatures or the more typical spring severe weather.<\/p>\n<p>As the month starts out in 2017 we see pretty typical conditions with a few cool, possibly damp days, before warming up to above normal levels. \u00a0Long range forecasts lean toward possibly wetter than normal conditions for the month overall but no overriding factors determining where temperatures will end.<\/p>\n<p>The month can bring extremes. \u00a0Snow is not entirely uncommon during the month, oftentimes causing damage to newly bloomed trees. \u00a0More common however is severe weather, particularly in the latter half of the month.\u00a0 Thunderstorms become more frequent and their associated hazards \u2013 lightning, wind, hail and tornadoes \u2013 are usual visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/noaa\/05preview.php\">For a complete look at what lies ahead for the month of May, check out our full preview here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado\u2019s famously highly variable weather seems to showcase itself during the month of May when a variety of weather conditions can be seen. Winter-like temperatures and snow are possible as are mid-summer like temperatures or the more typical spring severe weather. As the month starts out in 2017 we see pretty typical conditions with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/thorntons-may-weather-preview-snow-to-severe-storms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thornton\u2019s May weather preview: Snow to severe storms<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17535,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534\/revisions\/17535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}