First Frost Possible in the Lowcountry

..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY.

A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST TONIGHT…RESULTING IN UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LITTLE TO NO WINDS…TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S PRIOR TO DAYBREAK MONDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED FROST…ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND OTHER SHELTERED LOCATIONS.

THE FROST IS EXPECTED TO BE MOST PREVALENT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM MONDAY MORNING.

DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS AND AREAS NEAR RIVERS…LAKES AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER WILL EXPERIENCE LITTLE TO NO FROST DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.