Forecast Details for Salida, CO

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Tonight: Clear, with a low around 39. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Light and variable wind becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a west wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest 15 to 20 mph in the morning.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 3am. Mostly clear, with a low around 40. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 70. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 70. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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