Thursday, November 6, 2008

Freeze warning

Watches and WarningsHereford Forecast /O.NEW.KTWC.FZ.W.0002.081107T0700Z-081107T1500Z/
COCHISE COUNTY-
228 PM MST THU NOV 6 2008
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST
FRIDAY. WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO FALL...WIDESPREAD
FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN COCHISE COUNTY
TONIGHT. IN MID-OCTOBER AND THIS MORNING...SEVERAL STATIONS IN
COCHISE COUNTY EXPERIENCED FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING CONDITIONS.
FRIDAY MORNING HOWEVER WILL HAVE WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES FREEZING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY...RATHER THAN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING
OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR
ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER
SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND
PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING.

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