Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Alert for New Jersey

Latest post: 4:30pm -- 10/22/2013

Courtesy: National Weather Service, Mount Holly, NJ


...SEVERAL NIGHTS OF POTENTIAL FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
ON THE HORIZON FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY...

.THURSDAY MORNING IS THE FIRST CHANCE FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 80. THE CHANCE FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
OR FROST INCREASES EARLY FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALSO...
THE POTENTIAL AREA OF COVERAGE OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
APPEARS LIKELY TO EXPAND SOUTHWARD INTO THE SUBURBS ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BY SATURDAY MORNING...TO JUST OUTSIDE OF
PHILADELPHIA.

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-230900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0002.131024T0800Z-131024T1300Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
330 PM EDT TUE OCT 22 2013

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
  FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* TEMPERATURES...PROBABLY DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON FOR ANY
  REMAINING CROPS AND FLOWERS IN THIS AREA.

* CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH CLOUD COVER AND WIND TO
  PREVENT A FREEZE OR FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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