Weather Alerts for Colorado

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

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

12. 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

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

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

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

16. 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 Cirrostratus Clouds?

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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