Forecast Details for Rye, CO

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Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Calm wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. High near 80. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. West wind around 5 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 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming west in the evening. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers likely between noon and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. West wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. West wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. West wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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