Get ready for some bitterly cold temperatures overnight tonight.
Here is today's freeze warning issued by The National Weather Service:
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A cold front has ushered in arctic air into the Big Country this afternoon and tonight. This is a very dry airmass. We had the strong gusty winds throughout the day today, now, depending on what time the winds diminish tonight, will depend on how cold it gets tonight.
I am expecting winds to calm down between 4 and 7 am wedensday morning. With that, Ii expect lows to bottom out to 21 in Snyder, 23 in Sweetwater, 24 in Abilene and 27 in
Brownwood.
Please remember to bring your pets indoors tonight. This will be a hard freeze with temperatures below freezing for more than 4 hours. Also, bring in or cover any tender vegetation. Remember to wrap all exterior exposed pipes. If you do not have one of those covers sold at area hardware and retail stores, an old sock can do the trick. Simply stuff one end as far into the pipe as possible, and wrap the remaining portion of the sock completely around the exposed pipe.
Please use extra caution if using a space heater for warmth, remember to turn it off before you go to sleep, and when it is turned on, keep it at least 3 feet from any fabric or furniture.
If you are turning on your heater for the first time tonight, remember, a burning smell at first is ok as the heater burns the dust off. If the burning smell lasts for more than an hour, or if you see any smoke of any kind, call 9-1-1 imeddiately!
We will warm back into the middle 50s wednesday. With one more light freeze of 31 thursday morning.
Don't forget your pets tonight!
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