Forecast Details for Leadville, CO

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Current Alerts for Leadville, CO: Hydrologic Outlook

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Friday: A slight chance of showers between 11am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of rain showers, possibly mixing with snow after 11pm, then gradually ending. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 29. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: A chance of showers between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Light west wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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