Weather Alerts for Colorado
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; Washington County
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Norton; Graham; Hitchcock; Red Willow
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
4. Freeze Warning for: Central Colorado River Basin
5. Freeze Warning for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin
6. Freeze Watch for: Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft; Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft; 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; Crowley County; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Eastern Las Animas County; Western Kiowa County; Eastern Kiowa County; Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County; Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County; Springfield Vicinity/Baca County
7. Freeze Watch for: Central Colorado River Basin
8. Freeze Watch for: Debeque to Silt Corridor; Arches/Grand Flat
9. Freeze Watch for: Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin
10. Freeze Watch for: Grand Valley; Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Southeast Utah; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges
11. Freeze Watch for: Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County; North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County; Logan County; Washington County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County
12. Freeze Watch for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Eastern Uinta Basin
13. Freeze Watch for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Eastern Uinta Basin
14. Freeze Watch for: Yuma County; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy; Hitchcock; Red Willow
15. Red Flag Warning for: Central and Southeast Park County; Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County
16. Red Flag Warning for: Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County; Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument; Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache; Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass; Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Crowley County Including Ordway; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Kiowa County Including Eads; Bent County Including Las Animas; Prowers County Including Lamar
17. Red Flag Warning for: Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands
18. Wind Advisory for: Central Colorado River Basin
19. Wind Advisory for: Debeque to Silt Corridor; Arches/Grand Flat
20. Wind Advisory for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Eastern Uinta Basin
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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
and are a display of wind activity.
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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?
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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions
which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to
their surface.
Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily
destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel
doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation
similar to situations which produce snowfall.
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