Forecast Details for Blanca, CO

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Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 49. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday 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 38. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. North northwest wind around 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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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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