Forecast Details for Steamboat Springs, CO

Recent Locations: Oriskany Falls, NY Stow, NY Steamboat Springs, CO

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Independence Day: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: A 10 percent chance of showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

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

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 86.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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