Frost Advisory issued October 18 at 5:22AM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
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* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central Maryland and central and northern Virginia. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Northwest Montgomery; Northwest Howard; Nelson; Albemarle; Greene; Madison; Rappahannock; Orange; Culpeper; Northern Fauquier; Southern Fauquier; Eastern Loudoun; Northwest Prince William
- event
- Frost Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-18T05:22:00-04:00
- states
- ["MD","VA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-18T05:22:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ea2a92672f1c277cf9582ce74092ad7315a85278.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f51639049408f4c7d4fd04320764ac8a1b4a36d1.002.1"]
- instruction
- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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