Weather Alert in Colorado
Fire Weather Watch issued February 14 at 2:36AM MST until February 16 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Denver CO
AREAS AFFECTED: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County
DESCRIPTION: ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK... ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUESDAY... .Recent dry conditions combining with above normal temperatures and pockets of gusty winds will bring potentially critical fire weather conditions Sunday and Monday to parts of the eastern Colorado Plains. Strong west winds are expected to develop Tuesday, possibly producing extreme fire weather conditions with widespread strong and gusty winds to 60 mph. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 246 and 249. * TIMING...For the first Fire Weather Watch, from Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon. For the second Fire Weather Watch, from Monday morning through Monday afternoon. For the third Fire Weather Watch, from Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * WINDS...Southwest winds to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, winds increase with west winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent each day. Possibly as low as 5 to 10 percent Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
INSTRUCTION: A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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