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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1006 AM EST SAT DEC 2 2006

NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-030100-
ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW...
SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON...
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...
FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE...
GEORGETOWN
1006 AM EST SAT DEC 2 2006

...COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...

AFTER A WARM WEEK WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES...ONE MIGHT FORGET
THAT THE CALENDAR DOES SAY DECEMBER. PLANTS ARE ALSO A LITTLE
CONFUSED WITH SOME AREAS REPORTEDLY GREENING UP SOME AND TREES AND 
PLANTS BLOSSOMING. MOTHER NATURE IS GOING TO REMIND US EARLY NEXT
WEEK THAT WINTER IS INDEED ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY.

COASTAL LOW PRESSURE WILL ACCELERATE TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM
THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY ON MONDAY TAKING THE RAIN WITH IT.
IN ITS WAKE...A COLD AIRMASS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA.

DAYTIME HIGHS ON MONDAY MAY BRIEFLY CRACK 50 DEGREES...BUT WITH A
NORTH WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH...IT WILL FEEL ABOUT TEN DEGREES
COLDER. MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE MONDAY NIGHT.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE MID 20S WELL INLAND. 
AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S WITH THE
BEACHES IN THE LOWER 30S. SIMILAR TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 

IF YOU HAVE BROUGHT ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS BACK OUTSIDE TO
BASK IN THE UNSEASONABLE WARMTH OF THIS PAST WEEK...YOU MAY WANT
TO BRING THEM BACK INDOORS THIS WEEKEND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL NOT ISSUE ANY FROST ADVISORIES
OR FREEZE WARNINGS AS THE GROWING SEASON HAS ALREADY OFFICIALLY
ENDED. THE GROWING SEASON FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA NORMALLY STARTS IN MARCH AND ENDS IN NOVEMBER.

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RJD