FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS BY
LATE TONIGHT THEN A COLD POLAR HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS PRODUCING CLEAR SKIES. THE SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM
WEST TO EAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE CLEARING
SKIES ALONG WITH THE DRIER AIR SLIDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL
ALLOW THE TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. THE TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S BY LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF
ZAPATA... JIM HOGG...BROOKS AND KENEDY COUNTIES. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THESE COUNTIES COULD REACH THE FREEZING MARK OR COLDER TOWARD
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT EVENTUALLY REACHING THE UPPER 20S FOR ONE TO TWO
HOURS AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF EACH COUNTY. THE TEMPERATURE READINGS WILL THEN RISE
ABOVE FREEZING IN ALL AREAS BY THE MID MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.
RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.
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