GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm system. Tom Renwick, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service ...

As the air rises in this way, which is known as orographic lifting, it is forced to cool and condense into clouds. Such clouds are then shaped by the strong winds and contorted by the mountain ...

Cloudy skies and a few showers over the Northern Blue Mountains will be the focus today with temps back to the mid and upper 50s this afternoon. Overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 30s with ...