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38 F this morning in San Diego/Freeze watch up just inland:

Message from Mike coastal CT

Yes, quite a cold shot all the way to the US/Mexican border: NWS San Diego, Brown Field Municipal Airport (KSDM) fell to 38 F this morning. A hard freeze warning is in effect for some areas inland:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
221 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2015

...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

...COLD AIR MASS TO BRING FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND AN EXITING TROUGH OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA THROUGH MID MORNING. A COLD AIR MASS LEFT BEHIND THE
TROUGH WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS
ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

CAZ044-151700-
/O.CAN.KLOX.FZ.A.0008.151216T1000Z-151216T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KLOX.HZ.A.0006.151216T1000Z-151216T1700Z/
/O.CON.KLOX.FZ.W.0022.000000T0000Z-151215T1700Z/
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA PAULA...FILLMORE...OJAI...PIRU
221 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2015

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TEMPERATURE...IN WIND-SHELTERED AREAS...TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO
BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES. ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN THE OJAI VALLEY
COULD BRIEFLY DROP TO AS LOW AS 27 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...FROST CAN DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND HARM PETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 29 AND 32 FOR TWO OR MORE
CONSECUTIVE HOURS ARE IMMINENT. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO SAVE CROPS
AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION SHOULD BE TAKEN. VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND
PETS SHOULD BE KEPT INDOORS IN A HOUSE OR BARN.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR LESS FOR
TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS ARE POSSIBLE. PROTECTIVE MEASURES
TO SAVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE NEEDED. VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND PETS
SHOULD BE KEPT INDOORS IN A HOUSE OR BARN. EXPOSED PIPES SHOULD
BE WRAPPED TO KEEP THEM FROM BURSTING.





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