The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory and Freeze Warning in the expectation of an unseasonably cold night in Southern New England. Both the Advisory and Warning are in effect near the coast. See the map for details – the lighter blue shading represents the Freeze Warning, which is the area most likely to see the temperature fall below freezing. The following is from the National Weather Service office in Taunton, MA.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 ...TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW FREEZING AREA EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AREA OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND OVERNIGHT... .FREEZE WARNINGS AND FROST ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN. MAZ022>024-RIZ005>007-220445- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.130422T0400Z-130422T1100Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 439 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TO 7 AM...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY BEGIN TO RISE AFTER 5 AM AS AN EASTERLY BREEZE BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NEAR FREEZING COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. &&
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 ...TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW FREEZING AREA EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AREA OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND OVERNIGHT... .FREEZE WARNINGS AND FROST ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN. MAZ020-021-220445- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0001.130422T0400Z-130422T1100Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT 439 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TO 7 AM. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO AROUND OR EVEN A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. &&
