Forecast Details for Monument, CO

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Current Alerts for Monument, CO: Red Flag Warning

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northwest wind around 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

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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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