{"id":18644,"date":"2018-05-01T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T00:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=18644"},"modified":"2018-05-02T05:13:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T11:13:36","slug":"thorntons-may-weather-preview-snow-to-severe-storms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/thorntons-may-weather-preview-snow-to-severe-storms-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornton&#8217;s 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>We begin May 2018 with cool, damp conditions to be followed by a string of mild, pleasant days.\u00a0 Long range forecasts lean toward we warmer than normal month and one with potentially higher than average precipitation.<\/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. We begin May 2018 with cool, damp conditions to be followed by a string &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/thorntons-may-weather-preview-snow-to-severe-storms-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thornton&#8217;s 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":[387],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18644"}],"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=18644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18645,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18644\/revisions\/18645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}