Welcome rain to help battle the drought
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[{'start': '1.534', 'end': '7.607', 'text': "REPORTER IN THE MOUNTAINS, SEND   HIM A MESSAGE THROUGH   CBSCOLORADO.COM.   >>> FIRST ALERT METEOROLOGIST   DAVE AGUILERA IS WITH US. DAVE,   WE'VE GOT SNOW IN THE HIGH   COUNTRY. IT'S PERFECT.   >> IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY FOR   THE WEEKEND AND RETURN NEXT   WEEK. WE'LL OUTLINE THAT FOR   YOU, BUT WE'VE HAD STORMY SKIES  AROUND THE AREA HERE, NOT A TON   OF RAIN YET, BUT SOME AREAS ARE   GETTING A GOOD SOAKING AND, MAN,  DO WE NEED IT. IT'S THURSDAY   AND EVERY THURSDAY THE DROUGHT   MONITOR COMES OUT AND IT'S NOT   GOOD FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA.   TAKE A LOOK. EVEN AREAS UP NORTH  HERE FORT COLLINS AND BOULDER,   IT'S MODERATE TO ABNORMALLY DRY  UP HERE AND THEN YOU SEE THIS   FINGER OF YELLOW GOING THROUGH   EVERGREEN, DENVER, CASTLE ROCK   BACK UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS.   THAT'S ABNORMALLY DRY AS WELL.   THAT IS AS LOW AS IT GETS ON THE  SCALE, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER LAST   WEEK WHEN WE SHOWED YOU THIS, WE  HAD NOTHING OVER THE DENVER   METRO AREA. LET'S LOOK   STATEWIDE UP ON THE WALL AND   I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE PROBLEM   EXISTS ALL OVER. THERE'S THAT   LITTLE FINGER OF ABNORMALLY DRY   GRASSLANDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU   FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND   EVERGREEN, CONIFER, LAKEWOOD   INTO DENVER AND AURORA. LOOK AT   IT. OVER HALF OF THE STATE IS IN  SOME TYPE OF SEVERE TO EXTREME   DROUGHT. THE AREAS THAT ARE   BEIGE OR ORANGE, A FEW SPOTS   OUTSIDE THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND   IN THE GRAND VALLEY, GRAND   JUNCTION DOWN TO MONTROSE IN THE  RED AREA, THAT'S EXTREME.   THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT   ON THE WESTERN SLOPE, GRAND   JUNCTION, THE GRAND VALLEY,   BECAUSE OF THE GROWING SEASON.   THEY GET THE PEACHES GOING AND   THE WINE SEASON. HOPEFULLY WE   GET THEM SOME RAIN, DOESN'T   LOOK LIKE ANY TONIGHT. THEY HAD   A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DOWN AROUND   MONTROSE. THAT'S IT. MOST OF   THE WATER IS OUT OVER THE   EASTERN PLAINS. SOUTHEASTERN   COLORADO, GOOD DOSE OF SHOWERS   AND THUNDERSTORMS. WE GOT A FEW   POPPING AROUND THE FRONT RANGE   AND THE NORTHEAST. WE'VE GOT A   FEW THUNDERSTORMS NOW JUST   OUTSIDE OF THE DENVER   INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AREA RIGHT  HERE PUSHING UP INTO BRIGHTON   AND FREDERICK THAT. WILL DROP   SOME RAIN IN DENVER, ESPECIALLY   ON THE NORTH SIDE UP INTO FORT   COLLINS AND GREELEY AND WE GOT A  LITTLE SNOW UP IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN  NATIONAL PARK. MANY AREAS IN THE  NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS   OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT HAD UP TO 3  TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW, BELIEVE IT   OR NOT, IN SOME LOCATIONS OUT OF  THIS MOISTURE FLOWING THROUGH.   TAKE A WIDE LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S  COMING DOWN THE PIKE. WE'VE GOT  THIS BIG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE   HERE, BUT YOU SEE THE DARKER   AREAS MOVING IN OUT WEST. ON THE  WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THE DARKER   IS THE DRIER AIR AND WE'VE GOT   A SLICE OF THAT STARTING TO MOVE  IN TOMORROW AND HEADED INTO THE   WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW THE WEEKEND   LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. I WANT TO   BRING THE SHORT TERM FORECAST   HERE UP NOW AND WE'LL TAKE YOU   THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AROUND  THE FRONT RANGE. TAKING YOU   THROUGH TONIGHT, I THINK AS LATE  AS MIDNIGHT WE COULD STILL SEE A  FEW LIGHT SHOWERS AND   THUNDERSTORMS FROM DENVER OUT   OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND THEN  AFTER THAT EVERYTHING GETS OUT   OF HERE. TOMORROW WE'RE MOSTLY   SUNNY AROUND THE FRONT RANGE FOR  THE MORNING. WE'LL START THE   DAY IN THE BLUE SKIES AND   SUNSHINE TOMORROW. STATEWIDE THE  BETTER RAINS MOVE DOWN TO THE   SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE   TONIGHT AND THEN TOMORROW   MORNING WE'RE CLEAR TO PARTLY   CLOUDY ACROSS THE STATE AND STAY  THAT WAY IN THE AFTERNOON. LATE   IN THE DAY THERE MIGHT BE A   SPRINKLE DOWN IN SOUTHERN   COLORADO'S MOUNTAINS HERE, BUT   NOTHING REALLY HEAVY DUTY THERE.  LOW TEMPS TONIGHT, 30s PRIMARILY  IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS, TEENS   AND 20s IN THE MOUNTAINS AND   HIGHS TOMORROW, A LOT OF 60s AND  70s WHEREVER YOU LOOK DOWN LOW   AND 50s AND 60s IN THE   MOUNTAINS, CASTLE ROCK 62, 66   LITTLETON, CONIFER CLOSE TO 50   TOMORROW AND FORT COLLINS SHOULD  BE AROUND 68 IN TOWN, BUT YOU   LOOK AT SOME OF THESE AREAS, THE  LANDINGS, TROUTMAN PARK, FOX   STONE AND DOWN TO FOSSIL LAKE   WE'RE LOOKING AT MID- TO UPPER   60s FOR HIGH TEMPS TOMORROW.   SATURDAY 77, GREAT START TO THE   WEEKEND, STILL WARM ON SUNDAY.   THERE MIGHT BE A FEW SHOWERS AND  THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY   AND THEN MONDAY 62 DEGREES,   COOLING THUNDERSTORMS. THAT'S   CINCO DE MAYO, A REALLY GOOD   CHANCE OF RAIN COMING YOUR WAY   IN THE EVENING BECAUSE OF A   CUTOFF LOW THAT'S STARTING TO   SWING IN MONDAY, BUT TUESDAY,   LOOK AT THIS RIVER OF WATER THAT  BLASTS BACK INTO THE FRONT   RANGE. TUESDAY IS ALREADY A   POSSIBLE FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY  FOR HEAVY RAIN AROUND THE AREA   AND, BOY, DO WE NEED IT. THAT   HIGH WILL ONLY BE ABOUT 59.    WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY STILL   SOME MORE CHANCES OF A   THUNDERSTORM AND THEN WE CLEAR   OUT BY NEXT WEEK. SO THE WEEKEND  IS GOING TO BE DRY AND THEN WE   GET RIGHT BACK INTO THE   WATERWORKS COMING UP ON MONDAY   NEXT WEEK.   >> CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. BRING   IT ON. THANK"}]