Forecast Details for Chimayo, NM

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Current Alerts for Chimayo, NM: Flood Advisory Flood Warning

Overnight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind around 10 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Friday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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