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...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS IS ON THE WAY AND THIS WILL LEAD TO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEAS SO FAR. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY REACH THE MID 40S TO MID 50S ON THURSDAY AND THIS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR A RATHER CHILLY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH LOWS LIKELY DROPPING BELOW FREEZING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I 10 12 CORRIDOR. ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT THURSDAY.

* DURATION...FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD PERSIST FOR 1 TO 8 HOURS.

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED WHILE ANIMALS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. TAMMANY ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... WEST FELICIANA

Instructions:

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT IF FORECAST REASONING REMAINS THE SAME.