Tender Plants.

From our pals over there at the NWS/Raleigh:

A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND FREEZING... A LIGHT WIND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT. THE WIND WILL AID IN KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING MUCH BELOW FREEZING.

EVERYONE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL INTERESTS... AND THOSE WITH TENDER PLANTS... SUCH AS NEWLY PLANTED ANNUALS... PERENNIALS... AND ORNAMENTAL TREES WITH NEW GROWTH... SHOULD PLAN ACTIONS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE EXPECTED FREEZE TUESDAY NIGHT.

So: Sheets over the azaleas, but a new hope for the dogwood out front: it may just come through this thing. We shall see.

Mainly cloudy and chilly out there. Mainly flu-ridden in here, which accounts for the spotty freezecasting of late. Still: The weather stops for no man. Good luck out there, those of you with agricultural interests. Those of you with no interest in agriculture whatsoever have no reason to be reading this, but good luck to you, as well.