Freeze warning in effect from midnight tonight to 8 am edt friday, the NWS in burlington has issued a freeze warning, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 8 am edt friday. This freeze warning replaces the freeze watch that was previously in effect.
Minimum temperatures early Friday morning are expected to range from the lower 20s across the adirondacks and colder valleys of northeast Vermont to the lower to mid 30s along the immediate lakeshore of lake champlain with mid 20s to around 30 degrees elsewhere.
These cold temperatures will likely be accompanied by a widespread killing frost as well.
For those of you that raise turnips - Tonight's frost will sweeten them up. I expect if I go down to the village tonight, I will see Mildred Warren's flowers covered as she stretches the growing season just a bit longer. Everytime I go by and see how meticulously she has covered them, I never have my camera, as this is just what Old Vermonters do.
Ronnie Gross stopped by with some tomatoes last week and Maryann loves fried ripe tomatoes, fried in bacon fat on toasts - As she finished them up, she sighed, "Well, that's it for another year." You just can duplicate a fresh Vermont Tomato. The Hydrophonics and Hot House Tomatoes just don't cut it. Only about 6 weeks a year you can get them.
Of course this means I will have to get my winter jacket out, at least to go down to the paper box to get my Free Press. Jogging down in my pajamas and bathrobe, even tomorrow morning with the temperature in the 20s, I think I will forego that.The smell of fall is truly in the air.
