Forecast Details for Boone, CO

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Current Alerts for Boone, CO: Freeze Watch Red Flag Warning

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 72. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain showers after noon, mixing with snow after 3pm. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Windy, with a west southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming north 20 to 30 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind around 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. South wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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