Forecast Details for Capitan, NM

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Current Alerts for Capitan, NM: Wind Advisory

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Scattered showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Windy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Sunday: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: Isolated showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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