Forecast Details for Avon, CO

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Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke between 7pm and 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 76. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then showers likely. Low around 48. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. High near 72. Light south southwest wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

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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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