Forecast Details for Briggsdale, CO

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Current Alerts for Briggsdale, CO: Fire Weather Watch

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Light and variable wind.

Washington's Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Very windy, with a west wind 11 to 21 mph increasing to 29 to 39 mph. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Breezy.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Blustery.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Windy.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Blustery.

Friday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 12.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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