Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Denver, CO

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 42. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 42. North wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. North northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 70.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Saturday: A chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.

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

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

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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