Forecast Details for Rocky Ford, CO

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Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Sunday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 90. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 93. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. South wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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