Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Air Quality Alert for: Conejos, CO; Rio Grande, CO; Alamosa, CO; Costilla, CO; Saguache, CO
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
3. Freeze Warning for: Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin
4. Freeze Warning for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet
5. Freeze Warning for: Grand Valley; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Arches/Grand Flat
6. Freeze Warning for: Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
7. High Wind Warning for: Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft; Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft; Southern San Luis Valley; 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; Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft; Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet; Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft; Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft
8. Red Flag Warning for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
9. Red Flag Warning for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
10. Red Flag Warning for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
11. Red Flag Warning for: Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County
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
13. Red Flag Warning for: Yuma; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy; Hitchcock; Red Willow
14. Wind Advisory for: Central Colorado River Basin
15. Wind Advisory for: Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin
16. Wind Advisory for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin
17. Wind Advisory for: Grand Valley; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Arches/Grand Flat
18. Wind Advisory for: Upper Gunnison River Valley
19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Flat Tops
20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys
21. 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
22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft
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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?
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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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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