Weather Alerts for Colorado

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1. Avalanche Warning for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

2. Avalanche Watch for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

3. Avalanche Watch for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

4. Freeze Warning for: Grand Valley; Arches/Grand Flat

5. Freeze Watch for: Grand Valley; Arches/Grand Flat

6. 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

7. High Wind Warning for: Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Eastern Las Animas County; Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County; Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County; Springfield Vicinity/Baca County

8. High Wind Warning for: Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft; Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft

9. Red Flag Warning for: Cheyenne; Norton; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita

10. Red Flag Warning for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek

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: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

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. Special Weather Statement for: Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County

16. Special Weather Statement for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River

17. Special Weather Statement for: Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus; Grand Valley; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Grand and Battlement Mesas

18. Wind Advisory for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains

21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains; Flat Tops

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Grand and Battlement Mesas

23. Winter Weather Advisory for: Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft; Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft

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

25. 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

26. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 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.

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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