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...LIGHT FREEZE EXPECTED TONIGHT SOUTH OF TIDAL LAKES... .COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A REINFORCING COLD FRONT TONIGHT. A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN AREAS...AND A SHORTER DURATION LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE TIDAL LAKES INCLUDING METRO NEW ORLEANS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE MOISTURE AND PUDDLES ON PAVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO EVAPORATE BEFORE ICE CAN FORM DUE TO DRIER AIR AND WIND THIS EVENING WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.

* DURATION...2 TO 5 HOURS AT OR BELOW FREEZING.

* IMPACTS...COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY FREEZE. 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S DURING THE LATE EVENING AND LOWER 20S AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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

Instructions:

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PROVIDE WARM SHELTER FOR OUTDOOR PETS OR BRING THEM INDOORS.