Forecast Details for Watkins, CO

Recent Locations: Tillman, SC Rusk, TX Watkins, CO

Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 8 to 16 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 59. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 39. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming south in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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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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