Frost Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 409 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FROST EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS WEEKEND BRINGING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 30S WITH PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. WIDESPREAD FROST IS THEN EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. FROST WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD FROST POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 409 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE SPRINGFIELD AREA UP INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. THEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO HOUSTON TO SALEM. A HARD FREEZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. FROST DEVELOPMENT WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. * IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.