Forecast Details for Fort Garland, CO

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Today: Areas of blowing dust before 2pm, then areas of blowing dust after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 50. Very windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph increasing to 35 to 40 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.
Tonight: Areas of blowing dust before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 35 mph becoming south southwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
Tuesday: Widespread blowing dust, mainly after 10am. Sunny, with a high near 58. Very windy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 40 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.
Tuesday Night: Areas of blowing dust before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 35 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain showers after 1pm. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: Rain showers likely before 8pm, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then rain showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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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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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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