Freeze & Hard Freeze Warnings in effect for desert areas
A very cold air mass will bring overnight temperatures down 10-20 degrees below average over the next several nights.
Freeze warnings are in effect for the Coachella Valley and inland areas to the west through the Banning Pass through 8 am Thursday.
Below freezing temperatures and frost will be possible for several hours. Be sure to bring pets indoors and protect sensitive plants.
Hard Freeze Warnings are in effect for the high desert cities along Highway 62. Temperatures are expected to drop into the teens for several hours in wind sheltered locations, which can cause exposed pipes to freeze and burst if left unprotected.
The full text warnings have been copied below.
Freeze Warning
…GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN ORANGE COUNTY AND BELOW THE CAJON
PASS WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…
…VERY COLD WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT NEW
YEARS EVE…
…VERY COLD WITH MORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
ON THURSDAY NIGHT…
.A VERY COLD WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY EXIT THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON…WITH JUST LOCALLY GUSTY
CONDITIONS PREVAILING. AS THE SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS WEAKEN…DRY
AND VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN…WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DESERTS AND VALLEYS AND FROSTY CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN
ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
344 PM PST WED DEC 31 2014
…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM PST THURSDAY…
…FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING…
…WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON…
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
PST THURSDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS…NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH…WEAKENING THIS
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT…LOWER 20S TO
LOWER 30S.
* IMPACTS…FREEZING CONDITIONS CAN KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
OUTDOOR PLANTS. BRING PETS INDOORS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
Hard Freeze Warning
…GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN ORANGE COUNTY AND BELOW THE CAJON
PASS WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…
…VERY COLD WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT NEW
YEARS EVE…
…VERY COLD WITH MORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
ON THURSDAY NIGHT…
.A VERY COLD WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY EXIT THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON…WITH JUST LOCALLY GUSTY
CONDITIONS PREVAILING. AS THE SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS WEAKEN…DRY
AND VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN…WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DESERTS AND VALLEYS AND FROSTY CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN
ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
344 PM PST WED DEC 31 2014
…HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY…
…HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURE…15 TO 23 DEGREES.
* LOCATION…THE HIGH DESERT.
* TIMING…TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…AND AGAIN
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…A HARD FREEZE CAN KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
OUTDOOR PLANTS. BRING PETS INDOORS. TEMPERATURES THIS LOW
MAY CAUSE EXPOSED PIPES TO FREEZE AND BURST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
