Frost/Freeze Advisory: Mid 20s Early Next Week.

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More cold weather ahead

In collaboration with AWIS weather services

Dear all. The short period of warm weather will be over by tomorrow (Saturday, 3/18) night. We expect even colder temperatures and frost conditions, starting Sunday (3/19) morning and reaching to Wednesday (3/22).

For the most part, we will see low wind speeds (0-10 mph) and the forecast calls for clear nights with no cloud cover. These are perfect FROST conditions. The best advise is to use row-covers (1.2 oz or more). If you use overhead irrigation, please watch the dew-point. You will have to start overhead irrigation before dew-points reach critical values of 30-28. An hourly forecast for your region can be found in the tables below.

In some areas in Western NC, dew points will reach critical temperature in the mid to low 20s. Please consider double covering, ONLY if you have open blossoms on your crop that you want to save, AND you will experience those conditions.

Disease and Pests:

For prolonged row-cover use as we see it at the moment, certain diseases and pests can easily built up under covers. At the moment, those would be Bortytis grey mold and certain mite populations.

We highly recommend to spray before and certainly after removal or row covers. Please consult the Southeaster Strawberry IPM Guide for guidance.

We also recommend to evaluate you regional disease risks. Please use the NC Strawberry Risk Map and sign up for real-time updates on Anthracnose and Bortytis risk forecasts in your region.

General Discussion:

*** More Widespread Freezing Temperatures Late Weekend, First Half Next Week
*** Freeze, Limited Frost Threat Far Western Areas Saturday Morning
*** Increased Freeze Risk Particularly Western/Northern Areas Sunday Morning
*** Widespread Freeze Risk, Some Frost Risk Southern Areas, Monday Morning
*** Freeze, Increased Frost Risk Tuesday Morning, Particularly Northern Areas
*** Frost Risk Could Linger Northern/Eastern Areas Wednesday Morning
*** Warmer Last Half Next Week
*** Additional Cold Invasions Late March Look To Stay A Little Further North

The brief warm up late this week will be very short lived.

The next cold front is posed to pass through all areas later tonight and
Saturday morning.

Rain showers ahead of that mostly on the light side into early Saturday,
generally under 1/2 inch, but locally more with some isolated storms far
southern areas.

Then breezy and colder air moves in Saturday, with high pressure following the
same general path as the last cold event.

Main difference is that this cold event will have shorter durations of winds
as there is no East Coast storm. This may be particularly true in the more
Northern and Eastern areas where winds stayed up at times last cold event.

This potential of a couple days of lighter morning winds, means longer potential
duration of freezing temperatures.

This is a particularly dry air mass, with dew points even a little lower in many
areas than what occurred earlier this week.

Thus, this means increased risk of larger minimum temperature variations due
to these low dew point temperatures, related cold air drainage pockets, and
any areas more sheltered from any existing winds.

Also, growers can expect temperatures closer to crop and ground levels to be
3-5+ degrees colder than those experienced at the official 5ft observing and
forecast heights, particularly during lightest wind periods.

Coldest minimums likely as early as Sunday morning Western and some Northern
areas, with overall coldest temperatures likely Monday morning.

While the air mass will slowly moderate, there remains a freeze, and little
higher frost risk Tuesday morning, particularly from NE GA, and points Northward.

Can not rule out a threat of lingering frost far Northern areas even Wednesday
morning, but that may be in doubt with a forecast this far out in time.

In summary, there is potential for this freeze event to have minimums that could be
a little colder, with longer durations, than what occurred last event in some areas.

Frost risks are mostly low at the start with very low dew point temperatures.

Frost prospects increase towards the end of this freeze threat around next
Tuesday morning.

East Coast Min Temperature Forecast, Sunday 03/19/2023

East Coast Min Temperature Forecast, Monday 03/20/2023East Coast Min Temperature Forecast, Sunday 03/21/2023

Regional Forecasts:

North Carolina


FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:
Ahoskie-Tri-Cou Albemarle_AP Andrews Asheboro
Asheville_Munic Beaufort-Michae Boone_NC Burlington-Burl
Cape_Hatteras_AG Chapel_Hill-Hor Charlotte Cherry_Point
Clinton_NC Concord_NC Currituck_NC Edenton-Northea
Elizabeth_City Elizabethtown_NC Erwin-Harnett_C Fayetteville_AP
Fort_Bragg/Simm Franklin/Macon_C Gastonia-Gaston Goldsboro_AFB
Goldsboro_NC Greensboro Greenville_AP_NC Hickory
Jacksonville Jacksonville_(A Jefferson_AP_NC Kenansville-Dup
Kill_Devil_Hills Kinston_AP Lexington-David Lincolnton_AP
Louisburg_NC Lumberton_AP_NC Mackall_AAF Manteo/Dare_Co
Maxton Mcalf_Bogue_Fiel Monroe_AP_NC Morganton-Morga
Mount_Airy-Moun New_Bern North_Wilkesbor Oxford_NC
Piney_Island_Bom Pope_AFB Raleigh-Durham Reidsville_AP
Roanoke_Rap_AP Roanoke_Rapids_R Rockingham_NC Rocky_Mount-Wils
Roxboro_AP Rutherfordton Salisbury-Rowan Sanford_NC
Shelby_AP_NC Smithfield_AP Southern_Pines Southport_NC
Statesville-Sta Tarboro_AP Wadesboro_AP Washington-Warr
Whiteville_NC Wilmington_AP_NC Winston-Salem

South Carolina:


FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:
Aiken_AP Anderson_Co_Air Barnwell_AP Beaufort_Cnty_AP
Beaufort_SC Bennettsville_Je Camden_AP Charleston_Exec_
Charleston_Muni Cheraw_AP Chester_SC_AP Clemson-Clemson
Columbia-Columb Columbia/McEnti Columbia_Metro Conway_AP
Darlington Florence_SC Georgetown_AP_SC Greenville_Donal
Greenville_Down Greenville-Spart Greenwood-Green Hartsville_AP
Hilton_Head_AP Kingstree_AP Lancaster-McWhir Laurens_AP
Manning_AP Marion_AP_SC Moncks_Corner_AP Mount_Pleasant_A
Myrtle_Beach Newberry_AP North_Myrtle_Be Orangeburg-Oran
Pickens_AP Rock_Hill Spartanburg_Down Summerville_AP
Sumter_AP Sumter_SC Walterboro_AP Winnsboro_AP

Georgia:


FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:
Albany_Municipa Alma/Bacon_Co Americus_AP Athens_Municipa
Atlanta/DeKalb Atlanta/Fulton Atlanta_Intl_Ar Atlanta_Paulding
Augusta/Bush_Fi Augusta_Daniel_F Bainbridge_GA Blakely_AP
Brunswick_GA Brunswick/Glync Canton_GA Carrollton_AP
Cartersville_AP Claxton_AP Columbus_GA Covington_GA_AP
Dalton-Dalton_M Douglas_Muni Dublin/WHBarron Fitzgerald_AP
Fort_Benning Ft_Stewart/Wrig Gainesville_AP_G Greensboro_GA
Homerville_AP Hunter_(AAF) Jesup_AP La_Grange
Lakeland Lawrenceville_AP Macon_AP Marietta
Marietta/Cobb Milledgeville_AP Moultrie_Muni_AP Newnan-Newnan_C
Peachtree_City Rome_GA Savannah Statesboro_GA
Swainsboro_AP Sylvania_AP_GA Thomaston_AP Thomasville_AP
Thomson_GA Tifton_AP Valdosta Valdosta/Moody
Vidalia Warner_Robins_A Washington_GA Waycross_AP
Winder_AP

Virginia:


FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:
Abingdon Ashland_VA Charlottesville Chesapeake-Ches
Culpeper Danville Dublin/New_Riv Emporia_VA
Farmville Fentress_Naval_A Fort_Belvoir/Da Fort_Eustis/Fel
Franklin/J_B_Ro Hillsville Hot_Springs/Ing Jonesville_AP
Langley_AFB Leesburg/Godfre Louisa-Louisa_C Lynchburg
Manassas_Muni(A Marion/Wythev Martinsville Mecklenburg/Bru
Melfa/Accomack Newport_News Norfolk_Hampton_ Norfolk_NAS
Norfolk_VA Oceana Orange_VA Petersburg_(AWO
Quantico Richlands_AP Richmond Richmond_Chester
Roanoke Shannon_Arpt Stafford_AP_VA Staunton-Shenan
Suffolk-Suffolk Tappahannock_AP Virginia_Tech_A Wakefield_AP
Wallops_Island Warrenton_Fauqui Washington_Dulle West_Point_VA
Williamsburg_VA Winchester_Rgnl Wise/Lonesome_P

Maryland:

FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:
Aberdeen Andrews_AFB Annapolis_Naval Baltimore_Sci_Ce
Baltimore/Wash Cambridge/Dorche Camp_David_HEL College_Park_AP
Cumberland_AP Easton_MD Fort_Meade Frederick_MD
Gaithersburg_AP Hagerstown_AP Leonardtown Middle_River
Oakland_MD_AP Ocean_City_AP Patuxent_River Salisbury
Stevensville_AP St_Inigoes/Webst Washington_DC_AP Westminster_AP