Weather Alerts for Colorado

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Current Alerts for Bethune, CO: Fire Weather Watch

1. Fire Weather Watch for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County

2. Fire Weather Watch for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache

3. Fire Weather Watch for: Yuma; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Wallace; Greeley; Wichita

4. Freeze Warning for: Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin

5. Freeze Warning for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River

6. Freeze Watch for: Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin

7. Freeze Watch for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River

8. Freeze Watch for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Grand Valley; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Central Colorado River Basin; Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Eastern Uinta Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges

9. Red Flag Warning for: Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher; Crowley County Including Ordway; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Kiowa County Including Eads; Bent County Including Las Animas; Prowers County Including Lamar; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands

10. Special Weather Statement for: Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Grand and Battlement Mesas

11. Wind Advisory for: Central Yampa River Basin; Upper Yampa River Basin

12. Wind Advisory for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River

13. Wind Advisory for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Grand Valley; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Central Colorado River Basin; Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Eastern Uinta Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges

14. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flat Tops

15. Winter Weather Advisory for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

16. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains

17. 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

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft; La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

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