Colder-than-average temperatures have settled in the eastern half of the US, prompting the National Weather Service to issue freezing warnings for nearly 50 million Americans in the South through Monday morning.
And while temperatures are set to rise again later this week, the frigid temperatures could be dangerous for the exposed vegetation that has recently sprung up due to the above-average temperatures many cities saw in February.
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Freeze warnings are in effect in the southern United States, affecting major cities such as Little Rock in Arkansas, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, Jackson in Mississippi, Mobile and Montgomery in Alabama, Nashville and Memphis in Tennessee, Atlanta and Charlotte in North Carolina.
Freeze Watches were set up for areas in southern South Carolina and east-central Georgia.
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Temperatures will drop into the 20s in many areas of the south by Monday morning.
While cities from Little Rock to Jackson, Atlanta and Charlotte will experience low temperatures in the upper 20s, it will be much colder further north.
Nashville, for example, could drop to about 20 degrees by Monday’s start of the workweek.
Record low temperatures are also in danger on Monday morning. Mobile, for example, saw a morning low of 29 degrees, which would break its old record of 30 degrees set in 1923.
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Warmer temperatures are expected from Tuesday, with much of the region experiencing above-average mid-week temperatures.
By Thursday, temperatures in the central and eastern US could be 10 to 20 degrees warmer than average
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Temperatures are expected to recover in the eastern half of the US later this week
On Monday, high temperatures in the Southeast will range into the mid-to-high 50s, while the Northeast will see high temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s in places like New York City.
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Starting Tuesday, temperatures will be significantly warmer across much of the United States.
The Southeast can expect high temperatures in the mid to high 60’s while the Northeast can expect high temperatures in the low 60’s.
And then on Wednesday, warmer temperatures will push further north. Temperatures range from the high 70’s to the low 80’s in Florida, along the Gulf Coast and in the Southern Plains.
In the mid-Atlantic, places like Norfolk, Virginia will experience high temperatures in the low to mid 60’s. Expect temperatures in the mid-50s in the Northeast and parts of New England.
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