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...FIRST TRUE ARCTIC AIRMASS ON THE WAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN AND HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING AND BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL ALREADY BE WELL INTO PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. VERY COLD AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE INTO THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW LATE IN THE EVENING WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 12 CORRIDORS. ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S

* DURATION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR UP TO 9 HOURS FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST AND ONLY A FEW HOURS CLOSER TO THE COAST.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE HARMFUL TO PEOPLE AND PETS WHO DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT WARM SHELTER. SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL ALSO BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASSUMPTION ... LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... ORLEANS ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD ... UPPER TERREBONNE

Instructions:

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PETS THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME INSIDE... PREPARE A WARM DRY SHELTER WITH ACCESS TO UNFROZEN WATER.