Forecast Details for Cimarron, CO

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 11pm, then snow showers likely after 11pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 19. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 19. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 24.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Monday: A chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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