Forecast Details for La Junta, CO

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind around 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 20 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of showers between noon and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Windy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Windy, with a north northeast wind 20 to 30 mph becoming north 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Breezy, with a south wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Windy, with a southwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph.

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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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