Weather Alerts for Colorado

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Current Alerts for Mesa, CO: Winter Weather Advisory

1. Red Flag Warning for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet

2. Red Flag Warning for: Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache; Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass; 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; 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. Red Flag Warning for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne; Greeley

4. Winter Storm Warning for: South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet; South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet

5. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet

6. Winter Weather Advisory for: Elkhead and Park Mountains; Grand and Battlement Mesas; Flat Tops

7. Winter Weather Advisory for: Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys

8. Winter Weather Advisory for: Jackson County Below 9000 Feet; Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet; Central and Southeast Park County

9. Winter Weather Advisory for: Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet; Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet

10. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft; Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft; Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

11. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwestern San Juan Mountains

12. Winter Weather Advisory for: Southwest San Juan Mountains

13. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Elk and Sawatch Mountains

14. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet

15. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County above 9000Ft; 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; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft; Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft

16. Winter Weather Advisory for: Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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.

Next Topic: Stratus Clouds