Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Red Flag Warning for: Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
2. Winter Storm Warning for: Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet; Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
3. Winter Storm Warning for: Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft
4. Winter Storm 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
5. Winter Storm Warning for: Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft
6. Winter Storm Warning for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft
7. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flat Tops
8. Winter Weather Advisory for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains
9. Winter Weather Advisory for: La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft
10. Winter Weather Advisory for: Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft; Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft; Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County above 9000Ft
11. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft
12. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains
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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?
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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud,
and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.
Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can
result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or
rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud
takes shape.
Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally
form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.
Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds
Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?
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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds
Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes
(between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes
water vapor
to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are
featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.
In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved
appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds
are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.
Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds