Forecast Details for La Junta, CO

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Current Alerts for La Junta, CO: Freeze Watch Red Flag Warning

Today: Sunny, with a high near 84. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 46. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 9pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 25 mph becoming west northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind around 15 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind around 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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