Forecast Details for La Junta, CO

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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