Forecast Details for Columbus, NM

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Overnight: Clear, with a low around 47. West northwest wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 6 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northwest after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West southwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Friday: Patchy blowing dust after noon. Sunny, with a high near 82. West southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Friday Night: Patchy blowing dust before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 47. West wind 16 to 21 mph becoming west northwest 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 10 to 13 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 81.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 86.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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