April 4, 201511 yr Frost Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 316 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY TONIGHT... .WITH CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AREAS OF FROST WILL LIKELY FORM AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S BY DAWN SUNDAY. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-042015- /O.NEW.KLMK.FR.Y.0001.150405T0500Z-150405T1300Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 316 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 /216 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2015/ ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S ACROSS MANY AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GETTING TO NEAR FREEZING BY DAWN SUNDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FROST. * TIMING...READINGS WILL BEGIN TO FALL INTO THE 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...QUICKLY RISING BACK INTO THE 40S BY MID MORNING ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST FORMATION WILL BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO YOUNG AND EXPOSED VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
April 4, 201511 yr Which is why I advise the wife to refrain from buying flowers until the third week of April.
April 4, 201511 yr Which is why I advise the wife to refrain from buying flowers until the third week of April. Brave man...I have to insist until second week of May prior to Mothers Day. I've seen way too many plants get frosted and die at our expense (because she's anxious). My wife always gets a couple ferns in, under the wire, in April which I normally end up replacing 50% of the time. A happy Mrs. Content1 makes for a tolerant and happy Mr......:thumb: Turkeys will be gobbling in good time as well! Have a good weekend folks...
April 4, 201511 yr Author The frost warning has been upgraded to a freezing warning for some parts of Kentucky. ...FROST LIKELY WITH A KILLING FREEZE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT... .CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW FROST TO FORM TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S. SOME LOCATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TOWARD SUNRISE RESULTING IN A KILLING FREEZE. KYZ056-057-066-067-075-077-078-081-082-050400- /O.UPG.KLMK.FR.Y.0001.150405T0500Z-150405T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0001.150405T0500Z-150405T1300Z/ GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...LIBERTY... STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE... ALBANY 341 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 /241 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2015/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...FROST FORMATION AFTER MIDNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS REACHING THEIR COLDEST JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. FROST WILL DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZE IS EXPECTED TO KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. BE SURE TO COVER ANY OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
April 4, 201511 yr Author URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 337 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 ...PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT IN MANY LOCATIONS... .HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE WILL LEAD TO CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS OVERNIGHT. THIS...COUPLED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR IN MANY CASES BELOW FREEZING...WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FROST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH DAWN SUNDAY. KYZ052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-050400- /O.UPG.KJKL.FR.Y.0001.150405T0500Z-150405T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.FZ.W.0001.150405T0500Z-150405T1300Z/ ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL- WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...RAVENNA... CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON... MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY... PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 337 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEYS WILL DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S FOR A FEW HOURS NEAR DAWN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S ARE EXPECTED ON THE RIDGETOPS. THESE TEMPERATURES...IN ADDITION TO LIGHT WINDS...WILL LEAD TO PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST. * IMPACTS...PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES SHOULD HARM VULNERABLE OUTDOOR VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE COLD OR UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
April 4, 201511 yr Which is why I advise the wife to refrain from buying flowers until the third week of April. I'm getting real tired of carting my houseplants in and out every night/morning.
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