Weather Alerts for Colorado

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1. Fire Weather Watch for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache

2. Fire Weather Watch for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

3. Fire Weather Watch for: Yuma; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan

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

5. Freeze Warning 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; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Eastern Uinta Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges

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

7. 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; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Eastern Uinta Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges

8. Red Flag Warning for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Wallace; Greeley; Wichita

9. Red Flag Warning for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Wallace; Greeley; Wichita

10. Red Flag Warning for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County

11. Red Flag Warning for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

12. Red Flag Warning for: Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County

13. Red Flag Warning for: Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County

14. Red Flag Warning for: Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; 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

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

16. 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; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Eastern Uinta Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges

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

18. 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?

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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