Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Avalanche Watch for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Crowley County Including Ordway; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Kiowa County Including Eads; Bent County Including Las Animas; Prowers County Including Lamar; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County
4. Fire Weather Watch for: Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet; Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Logan County
5. Fire Weather Watch for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County
6. Fire Weather Watch for: North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Morgan County
7. Fire Weather Watch for: North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Morgan County
8. Fire Weather Watch for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher
9. Fire Weather Watch for: Sedgwick County; Phillips County
10. Fire Weather Watch for: Yuma; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy; Hitchcock; Red Willow
11. High Wind Watch for: Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft; Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft; Southern San Luis Valley
12. High Wind Watch for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County; Washington County
13. High Wind Watch for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft
14. High Wind Watch for: Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet; Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft; Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft; Crowley County; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Western Kiowa County; Eastern Kiowa County; Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County; Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County; Springfield Vicinity/Baca County
15. High Wind Watch for: Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft; Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Eastern Las Animas County
16. High Wind Watch for: Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft
17. High Wind Watch for: Yuma County; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Sherman; Thomas; Wallace; Logan; Greeley; Wichita
18. Red Flag Warning for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek
19. Red Flag Warning for: Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County
20. Red Flag Warning for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County
21. Red Flag Warning for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher
22. Red Flag Warning for: Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
23. Wind Advisory for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin
24. Winter Storm Warning for: Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft
25. Winter Storm Warning for: Elkhead and Park Mountains
26. Winter Storm Warning for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; Flat Tops
27. Winter Storm Warning for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains
28. Winter Storm Warning for: Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains
29. Winter Storm Warning for: Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide
30. Winter Storm Warning for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet
31. Winter Weather Advisory for: Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
32. Winter Weather Advisory for: San Juan River Basin
33. Winter Weather Advisory for: South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet; South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet
34. Winter Weather Advisory for: Upper Yampa River Basin
35. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft; Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft; La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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Weather Topic: What is Rain?
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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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