Forecast Details for Rawlins, WY

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Current Alerts for Rawlins, WY: High Wind Watch

Today: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Steady temperature around 44. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday: Snow showers likely, possibly mixed with rain. Increasing clouds, with a high near 51. Windy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 40 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Snow showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 23. Windy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Windy, with a west northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

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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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