The National Weather Service forecast is for a low of 23
tonight with "Patchy Frost". The weather channel was predicting a hard
freeze with a low of 30. (I see they are now saying 26
degrees.)
Mostly I'm just complaining about the weather but my
question is, how can the NWS call 23 degrees "Patchy Frost"? Wouldn't
that be a pretty widespread frost at that temperature? Wouldn't it
actually be a hard freeze?
Around here we often get the
reverse problem in the forecast: "Widespread frost predicted tonight with lows
in the mid-thirties." Huh?
To partially defend the weather service:
this is an area where it's perfectly possible for a significant chunk of their
covered area to have frost or even hard freeze, while other portions of the
area have temperatures in the midthirties or even in the low forties. But I
still think the above forecast would make much more sense phrased as, "Lows in
the mid-thirties in some areas, but significant areas of frost expected". (The
actual result, right where my thermometer was hanging, turned out to be 33º;
I'm in neither the coldest nor warmest place that they cover. I have a friend
in a cold spot who may well have gotten mid-twenties last night.)
--Rivka Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly/smaller>
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