FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT, ALAS

80+ Thursday, but frost tonight? Bring in those seedlings, cover the strawberries, and good luck with the blooming fruit trees in outlying areas:

Issued by The National Weather Service
Chicago, IL
10:22 am CDT, Sat., Apr. 17, 2010

... FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ TO 7 AM CDT /8 AM EDT/ SUNDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT OR 2 AM EDT TO 7 AM CDT OR 8 AM EDT SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ARE EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS AND SUBURBS.

* IMPACTS... COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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