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...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY INTO PARTS OF BOTH NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND FAR NORTHERN DELAWARE. THIS FREEZE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE URBAN CENTERS NEAR PHILADELPHIA.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE WITHIN SEVERAL DEGREES OF 30 EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE. FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.

* TIMING...COLDEST TEMPERATURES SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND 730 AM WEDNESDAY, WITH FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT IN THE NORMALLY COLDER SHELTERED VALLEYS.

* IMPACTS...THE UPCOMING SEASONABLY COLD FROST OR FREEZE EVENT WILL PROBABLY END THE GROWING SEASON IN PARTS OF THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78 INCLUSIVE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY. IF AND WHEN WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED, PROTECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ATLANTIC ... CUMBERLAND ... HUNTERDON ... MIDDLESEX ... MORRIS ... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON ... OCEAN ... SOMERSET ... SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON ... WESTERN MONMOUTH

Instructions:

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.