Forecast Details for Rio Rancho, NM

Recent Locations: Galivants Ferry, SC Mosquero, NM Rio Rancho, NM

Today: A chance of showers between 8am and 2pm. Patchy blowing dust after 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. South wind 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 8pm and midnight, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11am and 1pm, then a chance of rain showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Friday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers between 11am and 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 53.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

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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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