Weather Alert in Colorado
Air Quality Alert issued February 17 at 9:10AM MST by NWS Denver CO
AREAS AFFECTED: Elbert, CO; Weld, CO; Morgan, CO; Phillips, CO; Sedgwick, CO; Logan, CO; Lincoln, CO; Arapahoe, CO; Washington, CO; Adams, CO
DESCRIPTION: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued the following... WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust. WHERE...Sedgwick, Logan, Crowley, Phillips, Morgan, Yuma, Washington, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Otero, Las Animas, Baca, Weld, Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, El Paso and Pueblo Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Julesburg, Sterling, Ordway, Holyoke, Fort Morgan, Wray, Akron, Burlington, Limon, Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Las Animas, Lamar, La Junta, Kim, Trinidad, Springfield, Greeley, Brighton, Deer Trail, Littleton, Kiowa, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. WHEN...900 AM Tuesday February 17 to 700 PM Tuesday February 17 IMPACTS...Areas of blowing dust are expected on Tuesday due to high winds throughout the advisory area. The threat from blowing dust will decrease Tuesday evening as wind speeds subside. HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
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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.
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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