A frost advisory has been issued for portions of northern Connecticut, eastern, northeastern, and southeastern Massachusetts, and northern and southern Rhode Island from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to reach 33 degrees during that time, which may cause frost to form.
The cold may kill sensitive outdoor plants if left uncovered.
Residents are advised to take steps now to protect those plants by moving them indoors.
Frost Advisory
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Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Eastern Essex MA-Southeast
Middlesex MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern
Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable
MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast
Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Newport RI-
Including the cities of Chatham, Windsor Locks, Westerly,
Plymouth, West Warwick, Union, Foster, Providence, Warwick,
Putnam, Vineyard Haven, East Greenwich, New Bedford,
Provincetown, Mattapoisett, Gloucester, Cambridge, Nantucket,
Narragansett, Brockton, Bristol, West Greenwich, Smithfield,
Coventry, Newport, Falmouth, Vernon, Willimantic, Fall River,
Hartford, and Taunton
218 PM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024
…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY…
* WHAT…Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE…Portions of northern Connecticut, eastern, northeastern,
and southeastern Massachusetts, and northern and southern Rhode
Island.
* WHEN…From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.