Forecast Details for Columbus, NM

Recent Locations: Albers, IL Roundup, MT Columbus, NM

Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. West northwest wind 7 to 9 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 Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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