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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
517 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM TO RESTART MARCH 15 2010...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WILL RESTART ITS
FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA ON MARCH 15 2010. FORECASTERS WILL ISSUE FROST
ADVISORIES...FREEZE WATCHES AND FREEZE WARNINGS WHEN NEEDED AFTER
THIS DATE.

THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE USED TO DETERMINE WHEN THESE PRODUCTS
ARE ISSUED...

...FREEZE WATCH...
A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A 50 PERCENT OR GREATER
PROBABILITY THAT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 32 DEGREES OR
LOWER FOR ANY DURATION...USUALLY WITHIN 12 TO 48 HOURS.

...FREEZE WARNING...
A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT OR GREATER
PROBABILITY THAT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 32 DEGREES OR
LOWER FOR ANY DURATION...USUALLY WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS.

...FROST ADVISORY...
A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT OR GREATER
PROBABILITY THAT CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCATTERED OR WIDESPREAD FROST. PATCHY FROST DOES NOT NECESSITATE
THE ISSUANCE OF A FROST ADVISORY.

A COLORED MAP SHOWING THE AVERAGE LAST FREEZE DATES FOR SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CHS/IMAGES/FINALFREEZE.PNG
/ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS/

BELOW ARE SOME AVERAGE LAST FREEZE DATES FOR A FEW COMMUNITIES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

...SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...... FEBRUARY 10
FORT MOULTRIE............ FEBRUARY 24
BEAUFORT................. MARCH 2
NORTH CHARLESTON /KCHS/.. MARCH 9
HAMPTON.................. MARCH 16
PINOPOLIS DAM............ MARCH 19
SUMMERVILLE.............. MARCH 21
YEMASSEE................. MARCH 21
RIDGELAND................ MARCH 23
ALLENDALE................ MARCH 24
WALTERBORO............... MARCH 25

...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SAPELO ISLAND............ FEBRUARY 23
GLENNVILLE............... MARCH 5
FORT STEWART /KLHW/...... MARCH 7
BROOKLET................. MARCH 8
SYLVANIA................. MARCH 19
CLAXTON.................. MARCH 20
NEWINGTON................ MARCH 21
MILLEN................... MARCH 25

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