Forecast Details for Salida, CO

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Overnight: Clear, with a low around 21. West wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 57. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the morning.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light after midnight.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Light west wind becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light west northwest after midnight.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Windy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Windy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

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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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