Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Denver, CO

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Light north northeast wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 52. East northeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 64. Light northeast wind becoming east northeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Low around 51. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Memorial Day: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

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

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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