Forecast Details for Kiowa, CO

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a steady temperature around 47. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 49 by 9am, then falling to around 41 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Windy, with a southwest wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Friday: A chance of snow, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy.

Friday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 40.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 15.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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