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Frost Advisory and Freeze Warning Sunday night

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.

&&

Fred Campagna

President and Chief Meteorologist - Right Weather LLC AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist #756 AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist #126

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