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Crestone, Baca Grande, Western Colorado and Western US Weather



    Current Conditions: Keno's Weather Page   |   Baca Grande (Weather Underground)   |   Alamosa Airport   |   Hayden Pass   |   Mendano Pass   |   Saguache Airport   |   South Colony

    Colorado : CAIC weather station list   |   CoCoRaHS - Rain Hail Snow Network   |   Stream flow - On the left, All Divisions, select 3 - Rio Grande and the tap the search button   |   Colorado Webcams

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    Other Things: National Radar Loop   |   National Fire Map   |   Ventusky (wind)   |   San Luis Valley Webcams

Weather Story

The "Weather Story" from the National weather service in Pueblo. http://weather.gov/pub

250mb sounding with jetstream

National 250mb upper air map with a jetstream analysis from the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma


UV Index

UltraViolet index from the USEPA website http://epa.gov/sunwise/uvindex.html.
  • 0-2 No danger except from not enough sun, take vitamin D.
  • 3-5 Little harm from unprotected exposure to sun unless you're at higher elevations such as a ski area. Wear sunblock if you're over snow or water.
  • 6-7 High - About 1/2 hour to sunburn. Wear hat sunglasses and sunscreen of at least SPF 15, reapply frequently.
  • 8-10 Very High - About 15 minutes to skin damage. Wear hat etc as above and avoid sun from 10am to 4pm
  • 11+ Extreme - Less than 10 min to skin damage. Panic! Not really, just be really careful! Follow above precautions and wear long sleeves and pants too.


Our star from the Solar Dynamics Observatory

This is a current xray image of our sun's corona at 304 Å taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). From NASA's SDO website https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/



GOES X-ray Flux Graph from the Space Weather Prediction Center, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA and the National Weather Service NWS.
  Watch for M and X class flares that may disrupt GPS, communications, and other satellites as well as power grids on Earth. Auroras will appear a few days after an X class flare.


Go to http://spaceweather.com/ for more information about our star.


A CCD Bakeout is needed when the image is blurry from condensation on the telescope lens. Then NASA heats up the charge-coupled detector to evaporate water and other compounds. The EIT is usually back on line in a week, sometimes longer.

Weather for Baca Grande, Colorado with satellite images of the western US and other fun things :-)
Updated 26 May 2026
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