Forecast Details for Howard, CO

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday: Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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