Frost Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
356 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2009
...COLD NIGHT EXPECTED TONIGHT...
HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM HUDSON BAY DOWN TO ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA. A FREEZE IS LIKELY OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WHILE FROST IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE.
MIZ037-043-050-056>059-064>067-071>074-301600-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FR.Y.0009.091001T0600Z-091001T1300Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-
EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH
HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
356 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2009
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND REMAIN
IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. IF CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT...SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S PRODUCING SOME
FREEZING CONDITIONS. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.
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