YOU CAN’T GIVE ANY MONEY. BUT FIRST, THE BIG CHILL IS COMING. WE STARTED THIS WEEK IN THE 80S. NOW WE ARE BREAKING OUT THOSE HEAVY COATS. CHIEF, METEOROLOGIST LANIE POPE IS IN THE W 12. FIRST WARNING WEATHER CENTER WITH A LOOK AHEAD. AND GOSH, TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE COLDEST MORNING WE’VE HAD IN MONTHS, ISN’T IT? YEAH. FROM SHORTS TO SCARVES, WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING VERY QUICKLY. AND SINCE YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME, THEY’VE DROPPED ABOUT 20 TO 25 DEGREES ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. NOW, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, WE’D HAD A 30 DEGREE DROP SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND WE’RE ALREADY IN THE 30S AND A FEW SPOTS, 38 IN GALAX AS WELL AS REIDSVILLE, BURLINGTON AT 39. AND WE’RE IN THE MID 40S RIGHT NOW FROM GREENSBORO DOWN TO ASHEBORO. EVEN SOME 40S SCATTERED EAST TOWARD FAYETTEVILLE AND GREENVILLE. NOW THOSE AREAS ARE UNDER A FREEZE WATCH BECAUSE THEY’LL HAVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES TOMORROW NIGHT. TONIGHT WE HAVE A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE TRIAD AND POINTS NORTH AND WEST AND WE’VE GOT ANOTHER REINFORCING FRONT OUT THERE TO THE WEST THAT’S GOING TO DRIVE IN SOME COLDER AIR HEADING INTO THE DAY TOMORROW. SO WE’RE GOING TO START IN THE LOW TO MID 20S FROM BOONE UP TOWARDS SPARTA AND GALAX, UPPER 20S FOR MOUNT AIRY AND NORTH WILKESBORO. AND WE WILL BE DOWN TO FREEZING IF NOT JUST BELOW IN THE HEART OF THE TRIAD. AND THAT’S JUST OUR FIRST FREEZING MORNING OF THIS WEEK. ALL RIGHT, LAINEY, THANK YOU. AND AS WE BRACE FOR SOME COLD NIGHTS THIS WEEK, NOW’S A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION WHEN HEATING YOUR HOMES. WXII 12. S KARA PETERS SPOKE WITH THE GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND. KARA. YEAH, CHRISTINE, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. HUNTER PILGRIM WITH THE GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS AS WE SEE THESE COLD TEMPERATURES MOVE IN, NOW IS THE TIME TO START CHECKING ON YOUR HEATING EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS YOUR SMOKE ALARMS. AFTER A WARM, SUNNY FEW DAYS, TEMPERATURES ARE PLUMMETING, CAUSING MANY THIS HALLOWEEN TO BUNDLE UP WHILE TRICK OR TREATING THE PAST TWO DAYS IT BEEN VERY NICE. AND THEN TODAY IT JUST HIT US ALL AT ONCE. BUT WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND HALLOWEEN. AND WHILE IT’S COLD OUTSIDE THE GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE SAFE AND WARM INSIDE. AS WE GET CLOSER TO WINTER TIME, THAT IS USUALLY WHEN WE RUN INTO MOST OF OUR FIRES HERE IN THE CITY. HUNTER PILGRIM, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT, SAYS YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HEATER, WHETHER YOU HAVE A GAS FIRED FURNACE OR YOU GOT A PORTABLE SPACE HEATER. LET’S BE MINDFUL THAT WE NEED TO FROM ANY TYPE OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, WHETHER IT BE A COUCH CHAIR. ANOTHER HELPFUL TIP, CHECKING YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND SMOKE ALARMS, A SERVICE THE DEPARTMENT CAN PROVIDE FREE OF CHARGE. GFD NC.COM AND YOU’LL SEE ALL THE INFO THERE FOR YOU TO REQUEST A FREE SMOKE ALARM THAT WE WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND INSTALL. AND IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE PEOPLE START LOOKING AHEAD AND STARTING TO SET UP FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. WELL, THE GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS YOU COVERED FOR THAT AS WELL. THEY REMIND YOU TO KEEP IN MIND HOW MANY LIGHTS YOU PLAN TO PLUG IN TO AVOID OVERLOADING YOUR ELECTRICAL