Freeze Warning Again...

Hello.  Cold weather expected again tonight has prompted another Freeze Warning from the National Weather Service:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
226 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-070230-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FZ.W.0007.120407T0600Z-120407T1300Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...
GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...
HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...
KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
226 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S ARE AGAIN EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
   SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING.

 * THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR IN VALLEYS AND SIMILAR
   SHELTERED AREAS WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ALONG THE
   HILLTOPS.

 * WINDS WILL BE CALM THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * DAMAGE TO UNPROTECTED VEGETATION IS LIKELY

 * FRUIT TREES AND ORCHARDS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS IN THE WARNED 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.

There is also a Freeze Warning for the counties in the eastern part of our soon expanding coverage area:

       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1114 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012

...TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CENTER ITSELF OVER SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS
MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW
FREEZING ONCE AGAIN. LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE M59 CORRIDOR WILL
LIKELY SEE TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID 20S WITH LOCATIONS TO
THE SOUTH A BIT WARMER AROUND 30...WITH ISOLATED AREAS INTO THE
UPPER 20S.

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-070200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.FZ.W.0007.120407T0600Z-120407T1200Z/
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-
LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE...
SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER...
PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...
ADRIAN...MONROE
1114 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 30 DEGREES OVERNIGHT UNDER CLEAR
   SKIES AND CALM WINDS.

IMPACTS...

 * DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION INCLUDING NEWLY
   BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT
OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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