Posted: Oct 8, 2011 10:00 AM by Craig Eliot
***FREEZE WATCH*** From late tonight through Sunday morning!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
* LOCATION...EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN FREMONT...EASTERN
HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES.
* TEMPERATURES...COULD DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PROTECT PLANTS BY COVERING THEM OR BRINGING THEM INDOORS.
PRECAUTIONS/PREPAREDNESS
REMEMBER...A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DEVELOP.
IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION...AND TO DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.