Forecast Details for Ojo Caliente, NM

Recent Locations: Ojo Caliente, NM  
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Calm wind.
Christmas Day: Scattered rain and snow showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Wednesday Night: Isolated snow showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 55.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 53.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18.
Tuesday: A 10 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

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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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