Forecast Details for Slater, CO

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Today: Scattered showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 49. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tonight: Rain and snow showers before 4am, then a chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 32. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday: Snow showers likely before 1pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 49. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 3am. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 33. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Snow showers likely, mainly before noon. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers after noon. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow showers before 9am, then a chance of rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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