Forecast Details for Tesuque, NM

Recent Locations: Tesuque, NM

Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 70. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: A chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 10 to 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

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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 Next Topic: Snow

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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