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| Above, The Beast in the GOCO Beast Barn. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Currently in the Jamestown/Gallup areas of New Mexico, it is about 46° outside. Tomorrow morning will be a different story.
A freeze is coming into the area tonight. The overnight temperature will be in the 20s. THAT is freakin' cold!
From the National Weather Service:
A 'freeze' is considered to have occurred whenever the temperature drops to 32° or lower. A growing season is calculated by taking the number of days between the last freeze in the spring and the first freeze in the fall. However, plants or crops do not necessarily follow this rule. A low temperature of 31 or 32° for a short period of time, say less than two hours, probably will not harm most plants or crops. But if the temperature drops to 28 or 29° for a few hours, most vegetation will be damaged. As a side note, frost can form when a solid surface (like a car or plants) is in contact with the air and the solid surface's temperature drops to 32° or colder. The extent of the frost depends on how much moisture is in the air. If the temperature is above 32° and there is enough moisture in the air, then dew (a liquid) forms instead of frost (a solid).
Since I have to get my eclipse safety glasses out of the motorhome anyway, I will turn on the holding tank heaters and other heating units inside the RV and GOCO Beast Barn. I will also put in some anti-freeze in the lines and tanks as a precaution. There is some water in the lines and tanks and I don't need to get some freezing damage.
According to the National Weather Service, our nighttime temperature:
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 28. West wind 15 to 20 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
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