Freeze Warnings & Frost Advisories in effect this weekend
A cold and dry airmass will bring temperatures down to near or below the freezing mark at times this weekend. The coldest temperatures for the deserts are expected Saturday night into Sunday.
Freeze Warnings have been issued for high desert areas from Morongo Valley past Twenytnine Palms, mostly along and north of Highway 62. Several hours of temperatures below 30 degrees are expected. Freezing temperatures and frost are expected throughout Joshua Tree National Park as well.
Frost Advisories have been issued for the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire.
Take action to protect sensitive plants by bringing them inside or
covering them up. Make sure pets have adequate shelter or bring them
indoors.
Check on any neighbors that do not have a source for heat.
The full text warnings have been copied below:
Freeze Warning
…VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
NIGHTS WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE
SEASON…
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
INCLUDING…BAKER…MOUNTAIN PASS…
MITCHELL CAVERNS…MORONGO VALLEY…YUCCA VALLEY…
TWENTYNINE PALMS…VIDAL JUNCTION
256 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2014
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST
SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST
SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY…THE
MORONGO BASIN…AND THE CADIZ BASIN.
* EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE
UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST
FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON.
* GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED.
* WINDS: LIGHT WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS BY BRINGING THEM INSIDE OR
COVERING THEM UP. MAKE SURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTER OR BRING THEM
INDOORS.
Frost Advisory
…PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ALONG
THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS…
…AREAS OF LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FROST FOR PORTIONS OF THE
VALLEYS AND DESERTS INTO SUNDAY…
.GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN
SLOPES AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS IN ORANGE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTIES AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…SPREADING
SOUTHWARD INTO RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WITH A COLD DRY ATMOSPHERE IN
PLACE…THERE WILL BE AREA OF LATE NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING
FROST IN PORTIONS OF THE VALLEYS AND DESERTS INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
COACHELLA VALLEY-
332 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2014
…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 8 AM
PST SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO
8 AM PST SUNDAY.
* TEMPERATURE…FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FOR LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* LOCATION FOR FROST…MOST WIDESPREAD IN COLDER…WIND SHELTERED
LOCATIONS.
* TIMING FOR FROST…AREAS OF FROST FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
