Extreme Cold Update: December 26, 2022

Click HEREHERE and HERE for an update concerning the cold air mass and its departure.

Changes from the previous update:

  • Large areas falling from the Hard Freeze Warning.

Overview:

WHAT: Extreme Cold with areas of hard freeze warnings remaining. All areas are expected to be above freezing before 9 a.m. for the southern half of the area and shortly after 9 a.m. for areas to the north.

WHEN: Now through 9 a.m. today (Monday, Dec.26)

WHERE: All counties and parishes along and adjacent to the east/west state line.

CONFIDENCE: High confidence in hard freeze conditions this morning warming well above freezing today and a smaller area of sub-freezing temperatures tonight.

Impacts:

  • Freeze/Hard Freeze
  • Temperatures will fall into the mid to upper 20s over southwestern Mississippi and adjacent Louisiana parishes tonight but hard freeze conditions may be limited to a very small area of southwest Mississippi

These conditions could still result in harm to people and animals as well as damage to unprotected pipes, citrus and other sensitive agricultural crops.

The graphics in the hyperlinks above show the winter hazards and low temperatures expected the next few nights.