Forecast Details for Silver City, NM

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This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 52. West northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Windy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 22 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Windy, with a west wind 26 to 31 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Windy, with a west wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph becoming north 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 73. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. West wind 13 to 18 mph becoming north northwest 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. North northwest wind 6 to 15 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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