Ready or not winter is arriving. We will most likely have our first freeze tonight. We could experience a three to five hour period of temperatures below freezing.

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Here is the press release from the National Weather service.

... FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE... LOW FROM 28F TO 32F. TEMPERATURE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FROM 3 TO 5 HOURS IN THE COLDEST LOCATIONS.

* IMPACTS... POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PETS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE OR GIVEN WARM SHELTER. ALSO... EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USES WITH SPACE HEATERS TO PREVENT FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PLANTS BY COVERING THEM OR BRINGING THEM INSIDE. ALSO... PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR MOVED INDOORS.

BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. SPACE HEATERS NEED TO BE KEPT 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED.

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... FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS, CENTRAL LOUISIANA, AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

.A CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE IN THROUGH THE EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S IN THE WARNED AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

 

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