{"id":97501,"date":"2018-10-14T16:28:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T22:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/freeze-warning-issued-for-much-of-western-colorado\/"},"modified":"2018-10-14T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T22:28:14","slug":"freeze-warning-issued-for-much-of-western-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/freeze-warning-issued-for-much-of-western-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeze warning issued for much of western Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Journal file<br><br>A freeze created a field of ice on an irrigated property in Montezuma County in 2016.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for much of western Colorado and southeast Utah from 6 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday.<\/p>\n

The freeze watch, which warned of the potential for a freeze, is no longer in effect.<\/p>\n

Towns affected by the freeze in Montezuma County include Cortez, Dolores and Mancos.<\/p>\n

Temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s overnight, reaching their lowest point before sunrise Monday.<\/p>\n

The freeze warning also includes Dove Creek in Dolores County; New Castle, Parachute, Silt and Rifle in Garfield County; Hotchkiss and Delta in Delta County; Mesa, Grand Junction, Palisade, Fruita, De Beque and Gateway in Mesa County; Montrose and Nucla in Montrose County; Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio in La Plata County; and Pagosa Springs in Archuleta County.<\/p>\n

In Utah, the freeze warning includes Blanding, Moab, Castle Valley, Canyonlands National Park, Dead Horse Point State Park and Fry Canyon.<\/p>\n

In Montezuma County, temperatures typically start falling below 28.6 degrees in mid-October.<\/p>\n

Freezes, which are caused by a mass of cold air, will impact sensitive vegetation, irrigation and swamp coolers, the weather service said.<\/p>\n

The week\u2019s forecast for Montezuma County calls for sunny skies on Monday, with a high near 46 degrees and a low of 30. Tuesday through Thursday, there\u2019s a chance of afternoon rain showers, with daily highs around 50 degrees and lows in the mid-30s. Sunny skies are expected to return on Friday.<\/p>\n

Much of northern Colorado was under a winter weather advisory Sunday as an early season storm dumped snow across the region.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service said 3 to 6 inches had fallen from Boulder to the Wyoming state line by Sunday morning and an additional 2 inches was expected to fall around Fort Morgans.<\/p>\n

Heavy snow was expected to fall in the mountains until Monday morning. That includes up to 12 inches forecast to fall on Pikes Peak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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