Forecast Details for Rye, CO

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Current Alerts for Rye, CO: Red Flag Warning

Today: Sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in the morning.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 66. Light west wind becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Light north northeast wind becoming east northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

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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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