Forecast Details for Lafayette, CO

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Current Alerts for Lafayette, CO: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 12 to 17 mph becoming light west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

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

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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