Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Toronto Pearson International Airport, 08 Chicago O'Hare International Airport, IL Denver, CO

Current Alerts for Denver, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

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

Wednesday: A chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Friday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

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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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