FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 845 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2009
FREEZE WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IS
CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE
WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FOR TONIGHT.
A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY.
* TEMPERATURES TONIGHT: TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING 5 TO 10 DEGREES
ABOVE WHAT WE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WINDS ARE STAYING UP ACROSS
THE VALLEY THIS EVENING AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SOME ISOLATED AREAS MAY DIP DOWN
TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK FOR A FEW HOURS TOWARDS DAYBREAK.
* TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT: WILL BE FROM 24 AND 28 DEGREES
OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS. DURATIONS OF 28 DEGREES OR LOWER WILL
BE FROM 4 TO 9 HOURS WITH TOTAL DURATION BELOW FREEZING OF UP
TO 13 HOURS. TEMPERATURES OF 29 TO 32 DEGREES ARE LIKELY IN
THE FRESNO AND BAKERSFIELD METRO AREAS AS WELL.
* IMPACTS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT: THIS COLD WILL THREATEN FREEZE
SENSITIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS. THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW AREAS OF
FREEZING FOG DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS COULD
CAUSE A BUILDUP OF FROST OR PATCHY BLACK ICE ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE
IMMANENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL OR DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE BLACK ICE ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...FREEWAY RAMPS...AND LESSER TRAVELED
ROUTES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF FOG. REMEMBER TO PROVIDE SHELTER
FOR YOUR PETS AS WELL.
JDB
$$
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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