Forecast Details for Denver International Airport, CO

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Today: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers between 11am and 5pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: Rain and snow likely before 8pm, then snow. Low around 29. East northeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow likely before 1pm, then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 43. East wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

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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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