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COLORADO · KIT CARSON COUNTY

Vona

90 people, 4,500 ft above sea level in Kit Carson County.

4,500 ftElevation, city center
90People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 37°
Sunny now Dew point 36° · SSE 17 mph · high 39°
City of Vona River Interstate 2 miles
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The Vona plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Vona

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM MST
RIGHT NOW Burlington - Carson County Airport (KITR) · 4:18 PM
Sunny
37° Sunny Feels like 27° · high of 39° near 4 PM
WindSSE 17 mphgusts 29
Humidity96%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.93 in →steady
Visibility9 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 36° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.12 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Dense Fog AdvisoryDense Fog Advisory issued November 14 at 4:15PM MST until November 15 at 10:00AM MST by NWS Goodland KS
NWS Goodland and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:33 AM4:37 PM ↓
10 h 4 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
29
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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SUNDAY, NOV. 15
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 35 to 41°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 54° / 26°
SAT Nov. 14 Cloudy Cloudy
39° 30°
20% rain — SSE 18, gusts 32 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
48° 32°
10% rain — S 13 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 32°
0% rain — S 16, gusts 31 C
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
58° 40°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 29 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 30°
10% rain — N 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55° 38°
0% rain — SSE 13 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers; warmer Chance of showers; warmer
63° 33°
40% rain up to 0.1″ WSW 17, gusts 35 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Vona about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the northern Rockies three days ago, and over the southern Rockies a day ago, about 780 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Vona stands on

Vona’s center stands about 4,500 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,400 ft to 4,610 ft, a difference of 210 ft: rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ogallala Fm (sandstone, conglomerate), from the Miocene to Pliocene, 2.6 to 23 million years old.

Vona, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
4,200 ft4,400 ft4,600 ft VONA4,500 ftHigh point of the line4,780 ftLow point4,190 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 32×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Ogallala Fm

Sandstone, conglomerate. Age: Miocene to Pliocene, 2.6 to 23 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Vona’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Vona reaches the Gulf of America by way of Spring Creek, the South Fork Republican, the Republican, the Kansas, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,230 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Vona≈ 2,230 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF VONA ≈ 2,230 mi to the Gulf of America Spring Creek → South Fork Republican → Republican → Kansas → Missouri → Mississippi

Lakes on the way: Harlan County Lake and Swanson Lake.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Vona; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Vona on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Aurora CO · 109 MI 109 miles west Colorado Springs CO · 112 MI 112 miles west Denver CO · 118 MI 118 miles west Fort Collins CO · 150 MI 150 miles northwest
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COLORADO · KIT CARSON

Vona

90 people, 4,500 ft above sea level in Kit Carson County.

4,500 ftElevation
90People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 37°
SunnyDew point 36°
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Today in Vona

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now overcast 39° 0%
7p mostly cloudy night 37° 15%
10p mostly cloudy night 35° 10%
1a mostly cloudy night 35° 6%
4a fog 35° 1%
7a fog 35° 1%
Showers
NEXT RAINFriday · 40%
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Sat20%
Cloudy Cloudy
30
39
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Sun10%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
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Mon0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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54
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Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Wed10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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Thu0%
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Fri40%
Chance of showers; warmer Chance of showers; warmer
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Vona stands on

Vona’s center stands about 4,500 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,400 ft to 4,610 ft, a difference of 210 ft: rolling country.

Vona, southwest to northeast Vona4,500 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 62×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,500 ft
Within 3 miles4,400 to 4,610 ft
Lie of the landRolling (210 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceOgallala Fm
Its ageMiocene to Pliocene, 2.6 to 23 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,230 mito the Gulf of AmericaSpring Creek → South Fork Republican → Republican → Kansas → Missouri → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Vona reaches the Gulf of America by way of Spring Creek, the South Fork Republican, the Republican, the Kansas, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,230 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Harlan County Lake and Swanson Lake.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.