Weather Alert in Colorado
Air Quality Alert issued February 17 at 9:10AM MST by NWS Pueblo CO
AREAS AFFECTED: Prowers, CO; Pueblo, CO; Crowley, CO; Otero, CO; Baca, CO; El Paso, CO; Bent, CO; Kiowa, CO; Las Animas, CO
DESCRIPTION: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued the following... WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust. WHERE...Sedgwick, Logan, Crowley, Phillips, Morgan, Yuma, Washington, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Otero, Las Animas, Baca, Weld, Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, El Paso and Pueblo Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Julesburg, Sterling, Ordway, Holyoke, Fort Morgan, Wray, Akron, Burlington, Limon, Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Las Animas, Lamar, La Junta, Kim, Trinidad, Springfield, Greeley, Brighton, Deer Trail, Littleton, Kiowa, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. WHEN...900 AM Tuesday February 17 to 700 PM Tuesday February 17 IMPACTS...Areas of blowing dust are expected on Tuesday due to high winds throughout the advisory area. The threat from blowing dust will decrease Tuesday evening as wind speeds subside. HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.
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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?
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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.
A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure
the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally
an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a
stratocumulus cloud.
It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do
it is usually a light rain or snow.
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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?
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Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds
A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud,
and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.
Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can
result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or
rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud
takes shape.
Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally
form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.
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