Weather Alerts for Colorado

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1. Avalanche Warning for: West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

2. Avalanche Watch for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains; West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

3. Avalanche Watch for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; Flat Tops

4. Avalanche Watch for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; Flat Tops

5. Fire Weather Watch for: 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

6. Fire Weather Watch for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

7. High Wind Warning for: Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet; 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

8. 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

9. High Wind Warning for: Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County

10. High Wind Warning for: Northeast 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

11. High Wind Warning for: Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft; Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft

12. High Wind Warning for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft; Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft

13. High Wind Warning for: Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft; Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

14. High Wind Warning for: Yuma County; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County; Sherman; Thomas; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita

15. Red Flag Warning for: 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

16. Red Flag Warning for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; 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; Washington County

17. Red Flag Warning for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; 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; Washington County

18. Red Flag Warning for: Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet

19. Red Flag Warning 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; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Morgan County; Logan County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County

20. Red Flag Warning for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs

21. Red Flag Warning for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs

22. Red Flag Warning for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

23. Red Flag Warning for: Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

24. Red Flag Warning for: 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

25. Red Flag Warning for: Yuma; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Sherman; Wallace; Greeley; Dundy; Hitchcock

26. Wind Advisory for: Debeque to Silt Corridor; Central Colorado River Basin; Upper Gunnison River Valley

27. Wind Advisory for: Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin

28. Winter Storm Warning for: Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

29. Winter Storm Warning for: Elkhead and Park Mountains

30. Winter Storm Warning for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys; Flat Tops

31. Winter Storm Warning for: Grand and Battlement Mesas; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

32. Winter Storm Warning for: Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains

33. Winter Storm Warning for: Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide

34. Winter Storm Warning for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet

35. Winter Weather Advisory for: Jackson County Below 9000 Feet; Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet

36. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft

37. Winter Weather Advisory for: Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus

38. Winter Weather Advisory for: San Juan River Basin

39. 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

40. Winter Weather Advisory for: Upper Yampa River Basin

41. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft; Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft; La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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Mammatus Clouds Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds

A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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