Forecast Details for Arvada, CO

Recent Locations: Arvada, CO

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a north wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. West southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. West southwest wind 7 to 14 mph becoming east northeast in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 62. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

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

Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 78.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

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

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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