National Weather Service Meteorologist Kris Sanders said a low pressure system out of the Pacific Northwest, as well as some moisture from the Gulf of Mexico combined leading to wet weather over the weekend.

“At least in the Grand Valley, it looks like most locations (had) about 0.2 of an inch (of precipitation),” Sanders said. “Then there were a few that had maybe about 0.4 over towards Palisade … Just about everyone saw some measurable precipitation with this one.”

The storm even dropped snow in the higher elevations above 9,000 or 10,000 feet, Sanders said. The rain also came with temperatures about 10 degrees below normal for this time of the year, he said.

“We had a cold front move in with that as well, so we had the cooler temperatures,” Sanders said. “(It was a) perfect recipe for widespread showers and storms and high mountain snow.”

Snowpack state wide is below average at 55% of the median, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service website. The Colorado Headwaters River Basin, which covers Mesa County and portions of the high country, was slightly ahead of the state at 58% of median.

Even with the weekend rain, Mesa County is about a quarter of an inch behind the average for this time in May. Annually the area has seen 1.2-inches of precipitation, Sanders said, compared to the 3.5-inch annual average for this time of year.

“We did gain some ground,” Sanders said. “We did get some precipitation, but this is supposed to be a fairly wet part of the year as we get into April and May. We’ve been fairly dry for the last several months, so we’re trying to make up for all that.”

The last remnants of this storm system was expected to make its way through the county Monday bringing isolated storms, Sanders said. Temperatures will begin to rise though the rest of the week nearing 90-degree fahrenheit this weekend, he said.

“As we clear out (Monday night) and as we get into (Tuesday) and the rest of the week, we have a gradual warm up with no precipitation really in the forecast,” Sanders said.

Next week is more uncertain, Sanders said, as there weren’t any strong signals indicating where the weather might be heading this far out.