Forecast Details for Fairplay, CO

Recent Locations: Oak Island, NC Douglassville, PA Fairplay, CO

Current Alerts for Fairplay, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. West northwest wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 71. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then showers likely between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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