Forecast Details for Chaparral, NM

Recent Locations: Mathiston, MS Lancaster, KS Chaparral, NM

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 4pm. Patchy blowing dust after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 78. Windy, with a west southwest wind 6 to 16 mph increasing to 19 to 29 mph. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Tonight: Patchy blowing dust before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Windy, with a west wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind 10 to 14 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. East southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. East southeast wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

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

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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