Subject: A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

From: "Maud Q. Gunn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:45:42 +0000

AND UP TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WHERE BANDS PERSIST. IDABEL 550 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 .
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN COOLING TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRST REINFORCEMENT OF COLD AIR. WITH EVEN COLDER AIR EXPECTED TO BUILD SOUTH INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. POTEAU 411 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 .
WITH GENERALLY A COATING TO ONE INCH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE TO THE SOUTH OF ROUTE 6. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. AND COULD HOLD TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
ANY LIGHT SNOW POSSIBILITIES WILL END BY MIDMORNING SUNDAY AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM TO THE 40S. ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA TONIGHT. ERIE 310 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 .
GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER THIS WEEKEND. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. TONIGHT WILL BE EVEN COLDER.
ADDITONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 5 AM AND 10 AM TODAY WILL BE 2 OR 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER THIS WEEKEND. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING.
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. WITH GENERALLY A COATING TO ONE INCH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE TO THE SOUTH OF ROUTE 6.
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. RESIDENTS WITH ANY OUTDOOR PLANTS OR OTHER TENDER VEGETATION SHOULD BEGIN TO MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE EXPECTED COLD TEMPERATURES. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL PLANTS AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.
AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL ENTER WESTERN TEXAS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING.
AN UNUSUALLY COLD AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION ALREADY IN BLOOM IN LIGHT OF VERY WARM WEATHER THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED DURING THE LAST TWO PLUS WEEKS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SNOWBELT OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.