Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Avalanche Warning for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet; South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Dundy
4. Fire Weather Watch for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher
5. High Wind Warning 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; Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet
6. Red Flag Warning for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County; Washington County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County
7. Red Flag Warning for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek
8. Red Flag Warning for: Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County; North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Logan County
9. Red Flag Warning for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest
10. Red Flag Warning for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest
11. Red Flag Warning for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher
12. Red Flag Warning for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher
13. Red Flag Warning for: Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon
14. Red Flag Warning for: Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon
15. Red Flag Warning for: Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument; Crowley County Including Ordway; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
16. Red Flag Warning for: Yuma
17. Winter Storm Warning for: Elkhead and Park Mountains
18. Winter Storm Warning for: South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet
19. Winter Storm Warning for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet
20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; Flat Tops
21. Winter Weather Advisory for: South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet
22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft
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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Precipitation
Next Topic: Rain
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?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Shelf Clouds
Next Topic: Sleet
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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