Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Wallace; Logan; Greeley; Wichita
2. Fire Weather Watch for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County
4. Fire Weather Watch for: Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
5. High Wind Warning for: Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County
6. High Wind 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
7. High Wind Warning 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; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft
8. High Wind Warning for: Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft; Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft
9. High Wind Warning for: Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft; Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft
10. High Wind Warning for: Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft
11. Red Flag Warning for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
12. Red Flag Warning for: Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
13. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flat Tops
14. Winter Weather Advisory for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys
15. Winter Weather Advisory for: La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft
16. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet; 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
17. 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 are Cirrocumulus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cirrocumulus Clouds
Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds
Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km)
and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of
small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as
"cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.
Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the
water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a
cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud
formations generally pass rapidly.
Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds
Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cirrus Clouds
Next Topic: Condensation
Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet
and are composed mainly of ice crystals.
They are thin and wispy in appearance.
What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.
Next Topic: Condensation