S T E A M B O AT
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THURSDAY
JUNE 11, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 139
RO U T T
C O U N T Y ’ S
DA I LY
N E W S PA P E R
OAK CREEK
Oak Creek arcade opens The Fun Bucket gives South Routt youths an option for entertainment Page 3
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Radio switch Routt County upgrades communication systems for emergency responders Page 5
SPORTS
MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. lift supervisor Brian Crosby looks across the Yampa Valley on Wednesday as an afternoon storm moves out of the area. Crosby, along with other members of the gondola’s Silver Bullet Maintenance crew, had to wait for the storm to pass before removing the rest of the cars from the line.
Rain is here to stay
Distant storms lock in weather pattern for Steamboat Springs Tom Ross
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
Racers stay dry Page 21
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Too much rain for you? Take heart — June still is the driest month in Steamboat Springs. And with 20 days remaining, the city is not even halfway to its average of 1.53 inches of precipitation. But the city has seen an unusual spate of rainfall this month, and
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there’s an explanation. Local weather observer Art Judson reported that through 7 a.m. Wednesday, at his measuring station between downtown and Mount Werner, he has recorded .72 inches of rain this month. But he’s also recorded precipitation during 15 of the past 18 days, stretching back into May. Brian Lawrence, a meteorologist with the National Weather
■ WEATHER
Cloudy with a shower or storm. High of 62.
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Service in Grand Junction, said Wednesday that thanks to one stubborn storm anchored near the Aleutian Islands off southwest Alaska and another squatting off the southwest coast of Greenland, the pattern is unlikely to change in the short term. “We’re in a pattern that is very, very slow-moving,” Lawrence said. “There has been a trough in the western U.S.
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for at least the past few weeks, and it looks like it’s going to hang around until next week, as well. “It’s actually quite amazing,” Lawrence continued, referring to two stationary storms so far removed from Northwest Colorado dictating our weather. The rainy period that westSee Rain, page 12
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