NPWTBW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 307 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALL REMAINING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .A STRONG AREA OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE DEEP SOUTH BY MID WEEK. FLZ039-042-122015- /O.NEW.KTBW.HZ.A.0001.110113T0300Z-110113T1400Z/ LEVY-CITRUS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER... INVERNESS 307 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A VERY STRONG AREA OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE DEEP SOUTH LATE ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES MAY BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 20S AROUND SUNRISE...AND DURATIONS OF 3 TO 5 HOURS BELOW 27 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES FOUND IN INLAND AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$