...UNSEASONABLY COLD NIGHT EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...

.A CHILLY CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA TODAY ON
NORTH WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...COOL DRY AIR...AND
DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO UNSEASONABLY
COLD LEVELS TONIGHT. COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL REQUIRE PROTECTION
TO ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-231600-
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VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
353 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013



...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

* LOW TEMPERATURES OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY COLD SPOTS
COULD HAVE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 20 DEGREES.

* THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS...
RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE. THIS WILL LIKELY KILL ANY COLD-
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

* FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES
THEN WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS THOSE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED.
COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED WILL LIKELY BE
KILLED. IF POSSIBLE...SHELTER ANY COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS IN A
GARAGE OR SHED OVERNIGHT. IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE...COVER THE
PLANTS WITH A TARP OR CLOTH.

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