Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Denver, CO

Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. South wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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