Forecast Details for Colorado Springs, CO

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Current Alerts for Colorado Springs, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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