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…