Weather Alerts for Colorado

Recent Locations: Millport, AL Gary, IN Karval, CO

Current Alerts for Karval, CO: Severe Thunderstorm Watch

1. Air Quality Alert for: Garfield, CO; Eagle, CO

2. Air Quality Alert for: Montezuma, CO; Dolores, CO

3. Flash Flood Warning for: El Paso, CO

4. Flood Advisory for: Delta, CO; Montrose, CO

5. Flood Advisory for: Garfield, CO; Mesa, CO

6. Flood Advisory for: La Plata, CO

7. Flood Advisory for: Mesa, CO

8. Flood Advisory for: Moffat, CO

9. Flood Watch 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; Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft; Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

10. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Cheyenne, CO

11. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: El Paso, CO

12. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: El Paso, CO; Pueblo, CO

13. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Bent, CO; Crowley, CO; El Paso, CO; Kiowa, CO; Otero, CO; Prowers, CO; Pueblo, CO

14. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Cheyenne, CO; Kit Carson, CO

15. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Lincoln, CO

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds

Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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