Weather Alerts for Colorado

Recent Locations: Denver, CO

1. Avalanche Watch 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. Fire Weather Watch for: Cheyenne; Wallace

4. Freeze Watch for: Grand Valley

5. 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

6. Red Flag Warning 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. Red Flag Warning for: Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs

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

12. Wind Advisory for: Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Canyonlands/Natural Bridges

13. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains

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

15. Winter Weather Advisory for: Grand and Battlement Mesas

16. Winter Weather Advisory for: 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

17. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet

18. 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 Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

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.

Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

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.

Next Topic: Precipitation