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1. Fire Weather Watch for: Cheyenne; Wallace; Logan; Greeley; Wichita

2. Fire Weather Watch for: Crowley County Including Ordway; Kiowa County Including Eads; Bent County Including Las Animas; Prowers County Including Lamar; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands

3. Fire Weather Watch for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon

4. High Wind Watch for: Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft; Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft; Southern San Luis Valley; 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; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Eastern Las Animas County; Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County; Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County; Springfield Vicinity/Baca County

5. Red Flag Warning for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon

6. Red Flag Warning for: San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache

7. Wind Advisory for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin

8. Wind Advisory for: Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River

9. Winter Storm Watch for: Elkhead and Park Mountains

10. Winter Storm Watch for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet

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Weather Topic: What are Altocumulus Clouds?

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Similar to cirrocumulus clouds, altocumulus clouds are characterized by cloud patches. They are distinguished by larger cloudlets than cirrocumulus clouds but are still smaller than stratocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus clouds most commonly form in middle altitudes (between 2 and 5 km) and may resemble, at times, the shape of a flying saucer. These uncommon formations, called altocumulus lenticularis, are created by uplift in the atmosphere and are most often seen in close proximity to mountains.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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