FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 926 PM PST WED DEC 23 2009
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY
FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...
* TIMING: MUCH LIGHTER WINDS TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR A FASTER DROP
IN TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING...AND AREAS THAT REACHED 29 OR 30
DEGREES THIS MORNING CAN EXPECT TO BE 1 TO 3 DEGREES COLDER
THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES TONIGHT: WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 28 DEGREES IN
COLDEST OUTLYING AREAS. DURATIONS OF 28 DEGREES OR LOWER WILL BE
FROM 2 TO 5 HOURS...WITH TOTAL DURATION BELOW FREEZING OF UP TO
10 HOURS. TEMPERATURES IN THE FRESNO AND BAKERSFIELD METRO
AREAS WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 32. HOWEVER EVEN CITY
DWELLERS SHOULD TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS IN CASE TEMPERATURES ARE
LOWER THAN FORECAST.
* IMPACTS: THIS COLD WILL THREATEN FREEZE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
ANIMALS. THERE MAY BE A FEW AREAS OF FREEZING FOG DEVELOP IN
RURAL AREAS 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.
BINGHAM/TLM
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WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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