Weather Alerts for Colorado

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2. 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

3. Fire Weather Watch for: Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet; North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County

4. Fire Weather Watch for: Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet; North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County

5. Fire Weather Watch for: Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet; Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Logan County

6. Fire Weather Watch for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County

7. Fire Weather Watch for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County

8. Fire Weather Watch for: North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County

9. Fire Weather Watch for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

10. Fire Weather Watch for: Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher

11. Fire Weather Watch for: Sedgwick County; Phillips County

12. Fire Weather Watch for: Sedgwick County; Phillips County

13. Fire Weather Watch for: Yuma; Kit Carson County

14. Fire Weather Watch for: Yuma; Kit Carson County

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

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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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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