Forecast Details for Elephant Butte, NM

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. East northeast wind 6 to 14 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with a low around 68. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 6 to 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. South southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west southwest after midnight.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Labor Day: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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