And so Fall begins to feel like the beginnings of Winter

Freeze Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
618 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013

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

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS A COASTAL LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SEVERAL AREAS TO DROP INTO THE MID-30S BY THURSDAY MORNING. PORTIONS OF THE POCONOS COULD DIP BELOW FREEZING. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF SEVERAL WHERE CONDITIONS COULD PRODUCE MORE FROST AND FREEZE ISSUES.

NJZ007-PAZ060>062-232115-
/O.CON.KPHI.FZ.A.0002.131024T0600Z-131024T1300Z/
WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... WASHINGTON... READING... ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM... EASTON
618 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND FREEZING.

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED THUS PUTTING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON.

* 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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----clipped from the National Weather Service-------

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