Forecast Details for Fairplay, CO

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Current Alerts for Fairplay, CO: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Blustery, with a west northwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 28. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 34. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Saturday Night: Snow showers, mainly before midnight. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 23. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Snow showers, mainly after noon. Some thunder is also possible. High near 39. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Some thunder is also possible. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Breezy.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Breezy.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy.

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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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