Just saw this ....
** ALERT ** FIRST WIDESPREAD FROST OF THE SEASON POSSIBLE OCT 8-12 IN MID ATLANTIC (east of the mountains)
I am not in a panic over this because I only have one small patch of zinnias to cover & I’ll likely throw something over my Tithonia, which is busy with bees & anything else nectar-loving that’s still around. Being a ‘volunteer’, it’s not as large as the ones I had last year.
Ian remnants are coming back (can you believe it?) tomorrow - rain starting late morning & a bit windy, but not like we had Friday night. I am headed to Tractor Supply tomorrow morning to get my garden fencing & I’ll stash it until I can get the freezer project done.
I missed the explanation ..... I knew this was a really early frost, just didn’t realize how early ....
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From weather met:
Be advised that there is a high probability of a significant early-season Frost throughout most of the Middle Atlantic area even in the areas east of the mountains on October 7th and October 8th and perhaps OCT 11-12. To the casual observer this may not seem like a big deal but having a FROST in central and eastern portions of VA NC MD during the first week of October IS unusual and significant from an agricultural perspective.
Which is why I’m talking about it NOW . Over the past 10 years or perhaps longer the number of frost that the Mid-Atlantic region has had in the areas east of the mountains during the month of October can be counting on one hand. Most of the time the FIRST FROST does not occur in these areas until mid November.
(WxRisk LOVES farmers fruit farms and Vineyards)
The model continues to indicate another major trough developing in the Eastern US which is going to pull down a new shot of impressively Colder air OCT 7-10. This air mass will easily be the coldest air mass of the season so far. This image shows what some of the model data is depicting for Min temperatures on October 8th.
I was just thinking that in my little corner of SW Wisconsin, we are having one of the nicest, driest Fall seasons that I can remember. Usually it’s cold and rainy and I’m stuck inside early, which makes me cranky, LOL!
They’re looking at our first FROST this coming Friday night (Oct 7th) but we usually don’t have a hard FREEZE until mid-October.
That said, there were years when we’ve taken the boys out Trick or Treating - in the snow. Ugh!