Forecast Details for Manitou Springs, CO

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Current Alerts for Manitou Springs, CO: Freeze Watch Red Flag Warning

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 62. South southwest wind around 10 mph becoming northwest.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Friday: Snow showers likely, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 3pm. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 65. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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