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: 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
4. Winter Storm Warning for: Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft
5. Winter Storm Warning for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft; Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft
6. Winter Weather Advisory for: Central and Southeast Park County
7. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet
8. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flat Tops
9. Winter Weather Advisory for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains
10. 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
11. 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
12. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
13. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft
14. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains
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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Graupel
Next Topic: Hail
Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions
which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to
their surface.
Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily
destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel
doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation
similar to situations which produce snowfall.
Next Topic: Hail
Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Hole Punch Clouds
Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds
A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds
