Special Weather Statement: Freeze Outlook

FREEZE OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
532 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

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GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...
LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE...
SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI...
SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...PALM SPRINGS...FLORIDA GARDENS...
ABERDEEN...BOCA WEST...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...
MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK...HOMESTEAD...
FLORIDA CITY...REDLAND...MICCOSUKEE RESORT...KENDALE LAKES...
WEST KENDALL...COUNTRY WALK...SHARK VALLEY
532 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LAKE
OKEECHOBEE REGION...THE EVERGLADES...AND THE REDLANDS THIS WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY
AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK. THIS
WILL PRODUCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO
THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF COLLIER COUNTY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 75
TONIGHT AND A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA EACH MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH EVEN THE
POSSIBILITY OF A HARD FREEZE NORTH AND WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE
MONDAY MORNING. FREEZING CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO
EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE
EVERGLADES INCLUDING THE REDLANDS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND ALSO
INTO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF WEST PALM BEACH AND ALSO INTO THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE NAPLES AREA.

PERSONS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS...SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST
CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS FREEZE WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY
BE NECESSARY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.