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County,
Freeze Watch issued October 26 at 9:40PM CDT until October 28 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS
Effective: 9:40 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012
Expires: 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST EXPECTED...
.THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE
AREA. MUCH OF THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND ANOTHER BOUT OF
FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...AND THE FREEZE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE
ENTIRETY OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT.
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...WHILE A HARD FREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT
PATCHY FROST CAN BE EXPECTED TOWARD MORNING AS LOW TEMPERATURES
FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR HOWELL...SHANNON
AND OREGON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY KILL SENSITIVE
PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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