Monday, October 24, 2011

Frost Advisory

It's that time of year again. We may have our first frost tonight. Be sure to bring in any sensistive outdoor plants.

Here is the full text of the frost advisory from the National Weather Service.

WWUS76 KPQR 242138
NPWPQR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
238 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

ORZ001>009-014-WAZ020>023-039-251245-
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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
NETARTS...PACIFIC CITY...LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...
CAPE FOULWEATHER...YACHATS...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...ST. HELENS...
HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...TROUTDALE...
SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER...
CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...CORBETT...ODELL...RAYMOND...
LONG BEACH...CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT...LONGVIEW...KELSO...STEVENSON...
SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...CAMAS...WASHOUGAL
238 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY AND FROM
1 AM TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON...COAST AND INTERIOR LOWLAND AREAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. A
FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE: TONIGHT...MID TO UPPER 30S. TUESDAY NIGHT...COLDER MID TO UPPER 30S ON THE COAST...AND LOWER TO MID 30S INLAND.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS...CORBETT...EUGENE
CORVALLIS...ALBANY...VERNONIA...LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...YACHATS
FLORENCE...ASTORIA...TILLAMOOK...PACIFIC CITY...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE
HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...GRESHAM...ST. HELENS...VANCOUVER...BATTLE
GROUND...CAMAS...KELSO...STEVENSON...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH

* IMPACTS: THOSE WITH SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY WANT TO TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR PLANTS SUCH AS COVERING
THEM WITH SHEETS OR MOVING THEM INDOORS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.