Forecast Details for Fort Lyon, CO

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Today: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 53. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 52. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 84. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

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