Forecast Details for Granite, CO

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Overnight: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northwest wind around 5 mph. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 11am. Increasing clouds, with a high near 41. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 44. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 16. West wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West southwest wind around 10 mph.

Washington's Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. West southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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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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