Forecast Details for Cerro, NM

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This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers between midnight and 3am, then a chance of sprinkles and flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Windy, with a southwest wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of flurries, mixing with sprinkles after 7am, then gradually ending. Sunny, with a high near 60. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. West wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a west wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Rain showers before 3am, then rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 52. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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