A Freeze Watch is in effect from late Thursday night through Friday morning for the Denver metro area, Colorado’s eastern plains, southeast and central Wyoming, and the Nebraska Panhandle, with lows in the 20s possible.
Five National Weather Service offices issued the watch Wednesday. Freezing temperatures could kill crops and sensitive plants and damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Colorado: Front Range, Eastern Plains and Western Slope
Front Range and eastern plains: NWS Denver’s watch runs from late Thursday night through Friday morning, with lows of 27 to 33 degrees.
It covers the Front Range urban corridor and all of the eastern plains, including Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Longmont, Castle Rock, Parker, Fort Morgan, Sterling, Limon and Julesburg.
Western Colorado: NWS Grand Junction’s watch covers the Yampa River Basin, the Central Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin. Lows of 24 to 30 degrees are possible, and lower valleys may drop to 20.
That includes Steamboat Springs, Craig, Meeker, Rangely, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt, Eagle, Gypsum, Edwards and Pagosa Springs.
The watch follows Wednesday’s rain and mountain snow.
Wyoming: Cheyenne, Laramie, Casper and Rock Springs
Southeast Wyoming (NWS Cheyenne): lows of 26 to 30 degrees, and as low as 20 in valleys of Carbon and Albany counties.
The watch includes Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Wheatland, Douglas, Torrington, Lusk, Saratoga and Encampment.
Central Wyoming (NWS Riverton): lows of 24 to 28 degrees, from midnight Thursday night to 9 a.m. MDT Friday.
It includes Casper, Riverton, Lander, Rock Springs, Green River, Worland, Thermopolis, Buffalo, Dubois and Wamsutter.
NWS Riverton says the watch is for areas that have not had freezing temperatures yet this season.
The South Laramie Range is also under a Dense Fog Advisory until 6 p.m. MDT today, with visibility of a quarter mile or less.
Nebraska Panhandle and Western Nebraska
NWS Cheyenne covers Scotts Bluff, Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux, Banner, Morrill, Kimball and Cheyenne counties. That includes Scottsbluff, Gering, Alliance, Chadron, Kimball, Sidney and Bridgeport.
NWS North Platte covers Sheridan, Garden, Grant, Arthur, Deuel, Keith, Perkins, Chase and western Cherry counties, with lows as low as 27 degrees. Communities include Ogallala, Imperial, Gordon, Hyannis, Chappell and Rushville.
Safety Reminders
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Cover or harvest garden plants, and bring potted plants indoors.
Wrap or drain water pipes, or let them drip slowly, to prevent freezing.
Bring pets inside, and provide shelter for livestock.
For live updates, follow NWS Boulder, NWS Cheyenne and NWS Riverton on X.
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