Forecast Details for Mack, CO

Recent Locations: Pittsburg, KS Mack, CO

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy, with a southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south southeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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