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NOUS41 KBTV 210736
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
336 AM EDT TUE SEP 21 2021
...THE FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR THE ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHEAST
VERMONT HAS ENDED...
THE 2021 FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR THE ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHEAST
VERMONT HAS ENDED. THIS MEANS THAT FROST OR FREEZE HEADLINES WILL
NO LONGER BE ISSUED FOR THIS REGION FOR THE 2021 SEASON.
HOWEVER, PERSONS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO FOLLOW LOCAL FORECASTS AND
TAKE PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS FROM A FROST OR FREEZE WHEN
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECASTED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S OR
COLDER.
THE AIM OF THE FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IS TO WARN LOCAL GROWERS AND GARDENERS OF THE POTENTIAL OF
A DAMAGING FROST OR FREEZE FOR A GIVEN AREA DURING THE
CLIMATOLOGICALLY DEFINED GROWING SEASON. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES FOR PLANTS AND CROPS AGAINST POTENTIAL
DAMAGING TEMPERATURES.
THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY DEFINED GROWING SEASON IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN
THE MEDIAN DATE OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE AND THE MEDIAN DATE OF
THE FIRST FALL FREEZE.
THESE ARE THE DATES ON WHICH NWS FROST ADVISORIES OR FREEZE
WARNINGS WOULD NO LONGER BE ISSUED FOR THE 2021 GROWING SEASON IN
VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK.
SEPTEMBER 21ST: NORTHEAST VERMONT AND THE ADIRONDACKS OF NY.
OCTOBER 1ST: THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY OF NY AND THE
REMAINDER OF VT, EXCEPT THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
OCTOBER 11TH: THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VT/NY .
PLEASE FOLLOW WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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