Follow-up on weekend freeze
Freezing overnight temperatures recently donât appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade regionâs proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...