Forecast Details for Salida, CO

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This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 29. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Windy, with a southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west 20 to 30 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 54. Light east wind increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday Night: Rain showers before 3am, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 32. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Rain and snow showers likely before noon, then a chance of rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Light west southwest wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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