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| Looks like it only got to 38 last night (or now) so no frost, but I just saw this
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... FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... AN UNSEASONABLY COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS WAS SETTLING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ONLY DRIFT VERY SLOWLY EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WHILE MODIFYING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 33 TO 36 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING... SUPPORTING WIDESPREAD FROST... EXCEPT FOR PATCHY FROST IN MORE POPULATED URBAN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. |
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| We had a light frost here last night... some areas of our grass were white and sparkly. I live in north Gwinnett. |
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| covering with sheets is that sufficient? It actually doesnt say we will have temps that low on weather.com, so I dont know what I should do. I guess better safe than sorry? how would eggplant fare with frost? |
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- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 Atlanta (My Page) on Mon, Oct 19, 09 at 21:19
| Well, I didn't want to gamble, so I put sheets on everything, even though it seemed to be getting warmer....now Weather Underground is calling for a low of 45. |
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