Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Denver, CO

Today: A slight chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A chance of showers before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 3pm, then showers likely after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 59. Light east northeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy.

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

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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