Forecast Details for Denver, CO

Recent Locations: Denver, CO

Current Alerts for Denver, CO: Air Quality Alert

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy smoke. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Patchy smoke before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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Cumulonimbus Clouds Next Topic: Cumulus Clouds

The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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