Friday, May 22, 2015

Frost and Freeze possible throughout interior Maine and NW New Brunswick overnight

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
630 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015

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SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...
SMYRNA MILLS...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...
MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
630 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 30S.

* TIMING...EARLY MORNING

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE VERY LATE TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED OR NOT BROUGHT
INDOORS BY LATE TONIGHT.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT
AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA TODAY...AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A
SEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS FOR THE START OF THE MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND. FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY ACROSS
MANY INTERIOR SECTIONS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A
LIGHT BREEZE OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY KEEP TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN
THEY OTHERWISE MIGHT BE...AND LIMIT POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD FROST.
HOWEVER...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE COLD AIR MASS WILL LIKELY THREATEN
ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED.

MEZ007>009-NHZ001>005-007-231200-
/O.UPG.KGYX.FZ.A.0002.150523T0100Z-150523T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KGYX.FZ.W.0002.150523T0400Z-150523T1200Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...
NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2015

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY FREEZE.

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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3:58 PM ADT Friday 22 May 2015
Frost Advisory in effect for:
  • Woodstock and Carleton County
Some plants may be damaged or even destroyed by frost.

Temperatures will fall to near the freezing mark overnight tonight.
Take preventative measures to protect frost-sensitive plants and trees.

Weather Advisories for Frost are issued when temperatures are expected to reach the freezing mark during the growing season, leading to potential damage and destruction to plants and crops.

Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required. Please monitor local media or Weatheradio. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #NBStorm.