Frost Advisory in effect for Coachella Valley overnight
The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory for the Coachella Valley. It will go into effect Friday at 10 pm and expire Saturday morning. Overnight low temperatures will be around freezing for many, with east valley areas like Thermal dropping into the 20s. Be sure to bring all pets inside and cover up your plants, too.
The full text from the National Weather Service is copied below:
Frost Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA126 PM PST FRI JAN 2 2015…COLD WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING TONIGHT INTO SATURDAYMORNING….A COLD AND DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING NEAR-FREEZINGTEMPERATURES TO PORTIONS OF THE DESERTS AND INLAND VALLEYS TONIGHTINTO SATURDAY MORNING.CAZ048-050-060>062-031000-/O.NEW.KSGX.FR.Y.0001.150103T0600Z-150103T1600Z/SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-126 PM PST FRI JAN 2 2015…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PSTSATURDAY…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FROSTADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PSTSATURDAY.* TEMPERATURE…28 TO 33 DEGREES.* LOCATION…MAINLY WIND-SHELTERED AREAS OF THE DESERTS AND INLAND VALLEYS.* TIMING…BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT AND 8 AM SATURDAY.* IMPACTS…SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOORPLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.&&$$