FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 924 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
SATURDAY.
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT PRODUCING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS.
THIS WILL ALLOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO REACH AREAS NEAR THE
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES
COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THUNDERBOLT...WILMINGTON ISLAND...SKIDAWAY
ISLAND...FORT MCALLISTER...HALFMOON LANDING...VALONA AND DARIEN.
THERE IS ALSO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO BRIEFLY
OCCUR ON THE BEACHES INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...ST
CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND.
AWAY FROM THE BEACHES...TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT AT OR BELOW
FREEZING FOR 1 TO 3 HOURS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM. ALSO...WINDS AS HIGH AS 10
TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 25 DEGREE RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR FREEZING
CONDITIONS. PROTECT OUTSIDE VEGETATION SUCH AS PLANTS AND FLOWERS
BY BRINGING THEM INDOORS. WRAP LARGE PLANTS AND TREES WITH
PLASTIC TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE COLD.
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