Forecast Details for Carpenter, WY

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Current Alerts for Carpenter, WY: High Wind Warning

Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11pm and midnight, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Windy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming northwest 30 to 35 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A slight chance of snow showers before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Increasing clouds, with a high near 48. Windy, with a west northwest wind 30 to 40 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Blustery.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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