Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Stevenson Ranch, CA Sunland, CA Denver, CO

Current Alerts for Denver, CO: Air Quality Alert

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy smoke. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Patchy smoke before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.

Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 93.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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