Forecast Details for Colorado Springs, CO

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Current Alerts for Colorado Springs, CO: High Wind Warning Red Flag Warning

Tonight: A chance of rain showers between 1am and 3am, then snow showers likely. Patchy blowing dust before 2am, then patchy blowing dust after 4am. Mostly clear, then becoming mostly cloudy toward daybreak, with a low around 21. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy blowing dust. Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Light south wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. West wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. West wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. South wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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Fractus Clouds Next Topic: Freezing Rain

A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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