First of the Season!

[StormCrazyIowan]

My very first frost/freeze advisory for the season!

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
445 AM CDT SUN SEP 28 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA. LOW LYING AND OPEN AREAS WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF FROST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

ANOTHER EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT FROST OR FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
DRIFTS ACROSS THE REGION. WIDESPREAD FROST CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED...WITH LOW LYING AREAS LIKELY SEEING A KILLING FREEZE AS
TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE UPPER 20S. THE AREA MOST AT RISK FOR A
WIDESPREAD KILLING FREEZE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WILL BE AREAS OF EASTERN
IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. NO OTHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.



Looks like it's time to secure the plants!!

[weatherlover427]

And cover the ones that can't be brought indoors! :o Crank those heaters up but be wise using them! If this is your first time using your heater this season, be sure to leave a couple of windows or doors open while the heater acclimates to being used again!

[Colin]

We should be getting our first frost/freeze later this week! :o

[StormCrazyIowan]

Yeah, that goes especially for my house! This house is 100+ years old, and the heating system is the same as it's been since we moved here in '90, and older than that yet! Works good though! But I doubt my mom will be ready to turn her on just yet! She doesn't like the dry heat, me, I sit right next to a vent with a blanket!! I just can't believe it is almost time for all that already, it's still Septeber! Things are happening this year about 2-3 weeks earlier than normal, I hope that means we will have a different (MORE WET) pattern this fall and winter!

[wx247]

Jacki... we have the heater on this afternoon here. Brr! We may see some patchy frost here tonight, but only in low lying areas.

[ColdFront77]

Frost and Freeze Advisories are issued in the Fall and Spring. So, there is no such thing as the first ones of the season.

However, for areas that don't normally see frost and freezes (the southeastern United States)... they are issued whenever the temperature falls to near or just below freezing, no matter how many times between December and March.

[Guest]

Frost and Freeze Advisories are issued in the Fall and Spring. So, there is no such thing as the first ones of the season.

However, for areas that don't normally see frost and freezes (the southeastern United States)... they are issued whenever the temperature falls to near or just below freezing, no matter how many times between December and March.

Well Tom there is such a thing as far as First Frost and or freeze of the season goes and it has to do more with the GROWING SEASON farther north.....................This is why the term is used so often this time of the year farther north and makes its way south as does the colder air and what most consider the end of the growing season which is usually either considered by either the frost and or freeze which depends on what you are growing!!!!...........Usually after the first freeze you wont see them again in the same area up north untill the following growing season which happens to be Spring...........

Hope this helps some .........................

BTW we may be seeing our first frost of the season as well later this week as temps at night are supposed to be dipping into the mid 30s towards the end of the week!!!!!!!

[ColdFront77]

My very first frost/freeze advisory for the season!

Harry, I know full well that areas are going to see their first frost/freeze advisories. The first frost/freeze advisories and the first frost and freeze are two different things.

No offense to what Jacki posted.

[Aquawind]

Ohhh how fun..to think of all the Buggies killed..After that is Fall..

[breeze]

Just a clarification - Jacki means the FIRST autumn
frost of the season SINCE the last spring frost,
INCLUDING the summer months, MINUS the frosts,
in between.

[StormCrazyIowan]

lmao, thanks Breeze, for everything!

[bkhusky2]

I probably won't get my first frost/freeze for quite a while.

[wx247]

It looks like whatever term you call it... The Quad Cities may not get a frost tonight. Current dewpoint is 37º so I don't think that it is looking too likely. Plus... it is cloudy. There is still a small chance, but the chances are much better back toward Des Moines where the dewpoint is 31º and the skies are clear. Winds are slightly lighter there, too.

[StormCrazyIowan]

Oh yeah, I know, I'm not expecting it tonight, chances are more likely Tue. night thru Thur. night.

[breeze]

Keep it to yerself, there, StormCrazy....

[wx247]

I know Jacki... just providing some analysis.

[StormCrazyIowan]

Thank ya G! LOL Annette!! It has been cloudy alllllll weekend, I hope they get outta here tomorrow!

[wx247]

We have so overrunning rain coming in tomorrow into Tuesday. Any of that coming to Iowa?

[StormCrazyIowan]

Not likely! *sniffle*

Looks to stay pretty dry for most of next week in my area! And we really could use the moisture!

[David]

Yeah, Jacki, keep it up there in Iowa. You intrude Kansas and i'll....

Rain Monday and Tuesday. Yay.