Forecast Details for Mead, CO

Recent Locations: Colton, WA Andover, IA Mead, CO

Current Alerts for Mead, CO: Red Flag Warning

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming west southwest 15 to 20 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 18 mph becoming north northeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Light and variable wind becoming east 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy.

Monday: A slight chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Wednesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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