Weather Alert in Colorado
Winter Storm Watch issued May 5 at 3:24AM MDT until May 7 at 12:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO
AREAS AFFECTED: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations 8 to 15 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. * WHERE...Teller County and the Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet, Pikes Peak Between 7500 and 11000 Feet, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 and 11000 Feet, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet, and Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Roads, including mountain passes, will likely become slick and hazardous. Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?
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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet
and are composed mainly of ice crystals.
They are thin and wispy in appearance.
What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.
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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?
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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an
aircraft.
Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended
in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails
are called exhaust contrails.
Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure
moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation.
These are called aerodynamic contrails.
When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation.
The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is
because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.
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