Forecast Details for Elizabeth, CO

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: Patchy blowing dust after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Windy, with a south southwest wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

Wednesday Night: Patchy blowing dust before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy.

Saturday: A chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.

Sunday Night: Rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Monday: Rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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