Frost Advisory Issued

As stated in a previous post, a frost advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service in Chicago for most of the Stateline viewing area. Clearing skies late tonight will cause temperatures to near freezing for most areas... Especially away from the city of Rockford.

The NWS in Chicago will stop issuing frost advisories on the 31st of October since the growing season has effectively come to an end for most of the area. An official freeze has yet to happen at the Rockford Airport, but away from the Rockford heat-island, most rural locations have had a killing frost.

Here is the full advisory from the NWS:

CLEARING SKIES...A DRY AIRMASS...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR FROST OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA AWAY FROM THE LAKEFRONT AND HEAVILY URBANIZED AREAS...THROUGH DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING.

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB.
248 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2011 /348 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011/

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ TO 7 AM CDT
/8 AM EDT/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FROSTADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ TO 7 AMCDT /8 AM EDT/ FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S AS WINDS BECOME VERY LIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT
UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.