NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 922 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-281400- /O.EXP.KMLB.FZ.W.0017.000000T0000Z-101227T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FZ.W.0018.101228T0500Z-101228T1400Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 922 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... *FOR THIS MORNING...AS OF 9 AM TEMPERATURES WERE AT OR ABOVE 32 DEGREES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TOWARD HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AS NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASE TO 5 MPH. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH FREEZING IN MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT...AND EARLIER IN THE NORMALLY COLDER SHELTERED LOCATIONS...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TUESDAY MORNING. SHELTERED RURAL INTERIOR LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOWS IN THE MID 20S WITH A HARD FREEZE...WHILE THE BARRIER ISLANDS WILL FALL TO NEAR 30 TO THE LOWER 30S...EXCEPT THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN COASTAL MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING COLD WEATHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ALSO REMEMBER TO BRING IN PETS OR MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A WARM PLACE TO STAY IF THEY MUST REMAIN OUTDOORS. && $$