Forecast Details for Colorado Springs, CO

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Current Alerts for Colorado Springs, CO: Red Flag Warning

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light west northwest after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

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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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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