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..~~ <br />frequently too sh <br />allow to cross the Page 2 of 3 <br />Very severe storm, thew mountains <br />earher in the to the western <br />Occasionall mountains and P°rti°n of the <br />western vane Y be rate so while the plains ar <br />the surface. Y when the plains are Ys ma mild. e in the <br />u'azmed b covered with a shallow la grtP of a <br />phenomenon is the <.chf~ rapid descent fr gher levels yet of c n <br />uncomm oak" of °m hi old air, stro <br />om Chinook the high plains and rem 'these winds brie g westerly win <br />experience them winds greats g h"trge and sudden tymalofr work their way to <br />fro~[+ently, y tn°derate avera Perature rises of 25 dear _ <br />om the gy winter r ees to now h Perature rises.y not <br />temperamres in 35 within a short This <br />Harm, moist air fr areas near e hme ar <br />westward to hi south moves into g to the mountains ro <br />Slate, Fre gher elevations the heaviesC Colorado <br />queer sh most frequently in the sprin . <br />-- ~- thesouthwesr ow°rs and thunderstor and mostgenerat r <br />s ells and bring hot, dr ms continue well into thealls of the g As this air is carried <br />P aze usually ofsh Y atr over the yem occur over the northward and <br />art duration. state from the hottest w comer. At limes durin eastern <br />earher g the su P°rtions of the <br />°f the Year over the comer, winds shilY into <br />~ azaMe TE O THE EASTERN PL eastern plains, but_such hot <br />lures of low relative oINS -The climate of the <br />lazgo daily range in tern mt~fY, abun Plains is cam <br />have been observed Perature. Summer Bail dent sunshine, lightrainf Parah°vely uniform fro p <br />elevation the at alJplain stations. Y maximum tern a11, moderate to nt lace to lace, witfi <br />sometimes ex aze comparahvel r Such temperatures Pemtures ate often 95 htgh wind P <br />Geed 115° y are. The highest tern are not infre F or above, tnOyement, and a <br />cause less P. Because of the v Peratures in gUent ar altitudes below _ and 100° F tern <br />below zero~scomfort than in more ery low relative Colorado in the northeast000 feet; , peraturey <br />humid humidit occur 'tbove that <br />areas. The usual winter Y accomPanyin m Plains, and <br />extremes in [he g these high temperatures <br />An important feature of the Plains ,hot days <br />Browse are from zero to 10° F or IS° F <br />g seas°n - 70 to gp pCeCjpitation in the <br />lazgely from thuoderstortn acdvint duri^ Plains is the tar <br />spring. These winds tend to dr ty and is sotnetir~od from Aprigthpough Septemfhe annual [o <br />precipitation. Y out soils, mes extremely heav bet. SummeT~i that fails during the <br />southeastern During pen°ds of draw which are not well su y Strop Precipitation in <br />plains. ght, high winds give rise to P1ted wtth °tsturesbe ause equently in tvinte anpdiams is <br />At the the dust storms which m-y of the low <br />western edge of the especial) anneal <br />climate as cam Plains and neaz Y chameteris@c <br />ro pets Pared to the plains r the foothills of the m o he <br />t <br />odiF severe turbulent in P ° er. ountains <br />changes from w ds fr m the y erage wintl movement is Iesshyre area n <br />Precipitation day to day ere not as ffects of hi but areas v tuber of significant chano <br />' winch decreases Q great' summer to gh westerly winds cry near the bes in <br />the increasing elevation of the foothills rnperamres are to over the mountain mOp°tains are subjyct <br />higher ran Y from the eastern border to wet' and barrier. Tern <br />ges. The deer and increases r winter temperatures posture <br />expected with increasin ease in rem apidly with theminimum near the are hi <br />Below the Ro Aerature from the eastern bounder 1°cr mountains, suer gher. <br />Yal Gor eg altitude. This results east"g elevation of the foothills andsptdly with <br />considerable • g of the Arkansas, the frO1p mountain ~ Y wesn"'ard to the foothills is less than <br />excessive cold, ea. Descendin mountain ~Od valley winds proximity to <br />As a cause g air curry^ts fre and valley winds are strop nd greater fr might be <br />quence, the gt~ently prevent the stratification o g enou e9uency of the chinook. <br />CLIMATE winter climate is milder than elsewhere in thy gh ro modify thy climate <br />OF WESTERN C a'r necessary for the occurrence o fr a <br />climate within short distances ~LORADO- State. <br />temperatures ,and few The rugged to <br />are low, avera climatic generalization~~aphy of western Colorado <br />cold mgh[hme rem g1°g less than ° app]y to thew causes far <br />'° the mountains is a eoo[randnreprnter, 3~ F o°'er the year. gnaw hole ge variations in <br />when skies covered area, At the summits of <br />neighborho ° eshi^ are clear and the,' mountain peaks and vane m°untains, <br />Above °d of 60 F. The hi h g season. At rypica] mountain statiotos the ~astonali YS often <br />7,000 feet, the tti g est temperatures are w to SO° have very <br />warm. ghts are quite cool throw h usual) Overage Jul F below zero. Summer <br />g out the suy m the seventies and ei Y temperature is in the <br />The 1 comer, while bright sunshlinys' butmay reach 90° <br />ower western valte makes the Fro 9_S° F, <br />than the eastern Ys of the State are ~Ys comfortably <br />avera Alains. They experience Protected by Sn~oundin g <br />ge winter temperatures are high sum g hi h tern <br />infrequency of chinook SOmewh met temperatures, at4 and have a <br />of other Ova at lower than at similar elev comparable greater uni <br />rming winds to those of the eastern~rmity of weather <br />Poecipitation arsons in the plains, due lard plains, <br />most of west of the Continental defy to the r while <br />western Colorado the Divide is more even) ylanvy <br />greatestmonthly precipitation oaco s L~the winner mtonths~wh le Juneis the driest ins. For <br />}IttD://Wyvyv WI'CC. mend). <br />dti.edu/narratives/COLORA Dl~,httn <br />.,._._ <br />