Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Fire Weather Watch for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
2. 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
3. High Wind Warning for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Grand Valley; Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Southeast Utah; Eastern Uinta Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges
4. High Wind Warning for: Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus; Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide; Tavaputs Plateau; La Sal and Abajo Mountains
5. High Wind Watch 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; Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
6. Red Flag Warning for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
7. Wind Advisory for: Central Yampa River Basin; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Central Colorado River Basin; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin
8. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flat Tops
9. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet
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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cirrostratus Clouds
Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds
Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above
20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant
feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky.
These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching
100 mph.
What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.
Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds
Weather Topic: What is Condensation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Condensation
Next Topic: Contrails
Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore
it is a crucial process in the water cycle.
Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid,
and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and
become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as
water droplets.
Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for
us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized
into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the
surface of a cold drink!
Next Topic: Contrails
