Weather Alert in Colorado
Special Weather Statement issued February 18 at 1:56PM MST by NWS Grand Junction CO
AREAS AFFECTED: Grand and Battlement Mesas; Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin; Upper Gunnison River Valley; Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide; Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River
DESCRIPTION: At 156 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from 11 miles west of Delta to 10 miles north of Norwood. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Montrose, Delta, Orchard City, Cedaredge, Olathe, Hotchkiss, Lazear, Colona, Cory, Eckert, and Austin. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 550 in Colorado between mile markers 113 and 130. U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado between mile markers 58 and 106. Colorado 65 between mile markers 1 and 10. Colorado 90 between mile markers 82 and 89. Colorado 92 between mile markers 1 and 23. Colorado 133 between mile markers 1 and 3.
INSTRUCTION: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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