Forecast Details for Monte Vista, CO

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Tonight: A chance of rain showers, possibly mixing with snow after 3am, then gradually ending. Patchy blowing dust after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Windy, with a southwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday: Patchy blowing dust before noon. Sunny, with a high near 54. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Very windy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 40 mph. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Windy, with a northwest 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 58. 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: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
Thursday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. West southwest wind around 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Saturday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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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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