Forecast Details for Elbert, CO

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Current Alerts for Elbert, CO: Freeze Warning Frost Advisory
Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 16 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then rain showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a north wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 7 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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