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Will tonight be the end of the growing season?
Posted on September 17, 2010 by Andrew
The Northland has seen several nights of frost advisories so far this month, but for tonight the National Weather Service has issued the more-severe freeze warning for much of the region, including the Iron Range, International Falls and the interior Arrowhead. A frost advisory is in effect for the rest of Northeastern Minnesota, including Duluth.
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While a frost advisory means sensitive plants may be damaged if left unprotected, a freeze warning is issued when a killing frost – for any garden plant – is likely. Temperatures in the warning area are forecast to fall into the upper 20s overnight, with light winds and under mostly clear skies.
Here are the specifics from the Weather Service, starting with the warning:
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...ISABELLA... BIGFORK...HIBBING...GRAND RAPIDS
344 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S COMBINED WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND MOST CLEAR SKIES WILL RESULT IN AN EARLY AUTUMN FREEZE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INCLUDE THE IRON RANGE...ARROWHEAD REGION AND INTERNATIONAL FALLS AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET
344 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S COMBINED WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE SOME FROST INCLUDE THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...THE DULUTH AND CLOQUET AREAS...AND THE NORTH SHORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
For more Northland weather information and observations, make a visit to Observation Hill , the News Tribune's weather blog.
