Weather Alert in Colorado
Freeze Watch issued April 18 at 3:01PM MDT until April 20 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
AREAS AFFECTED: Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 18 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 18 possible. * WHERE...Animas River Basin, Four Corners/Upper Dolores River, and Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
INSTRUCTION: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the
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The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although
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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are
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Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not
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a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface.
Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can
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