...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S THIS MORNING...AND IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILLS...RESULTANT VALUES ARE IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 10 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND LIMBS FROM RECENT WINTER WEATHER... MOVE AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS... AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER EARLY SPRING VEGETATION. PLEASE LIMIT SKIN EXPOSURE WITH THE COLD WIND CHILLS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CLOTHING IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES. && MC
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:56:00 +0000
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