Forecast Details for Rush, CO

Recent Locations: Page, WV Tujunga, CA Rush, CO

Current Alerts for Rush, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Today: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 20 to 25 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. East southeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South wind 10 to 15 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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