Forecast Details for Las Animas, CO

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Current Alerts for Las Animas, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 10am and 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 74. Windy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 20 mph becoming southwest 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a west wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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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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