...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. * EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK FOR THE KILLING FREEZE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD CANADIAN AIR. THIS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. A WIDESPREAD FROST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE FREEZE. * NEAR RECORD LOWS TONIGHT ARE FORECAST. LOWS IN THE MID 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH...ESPECIALLY FROM THE HIGHLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI OZARKS...TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND INTO AND ACROSS NEIGHBORING ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND THE FLATLANDS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. * PLANT LIFE WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS...A WIDESPREAD FROST WILL ALSO OCCUR. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY HALT ANY MINOR LATE FALL PLANT GROWTH AND WILL BE A KILLING FREEZE FOR MOST OF THE QUAD STATE. * TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ARE FORECAST AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER WIDESPREAD FROST MAY LIKEWISE OCCUR...PARTICULARLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && MC
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:18:52 +0000
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