Forecast Details for Limon, CO

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Current Alerts for Limon, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Today: Showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 21 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest 19 to 24 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 13 to 21 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of snow showers after noon, mixing with rain after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy.

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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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