AWIS Weather Alert: Chance of Frost in App. Mountains

— Written by Mark Hoffmann | April 15, 2021 (Updated: April 15, 2021, 8:59 a.m.)

AWIS Weather Alert: Chance of Frost in App. Mountains Thursday-Saturday

General Discussion

This update mainly to continue some frost risk Friday
morning, mainly usual colder pockets in the 
Appalachians and foothills from Carolinas' Northward.
Some frost risk may continue Mid-Atlantic regions Saturday
morning, mainly Interior VA and points North as
lighter winds, clear skies and dew points into the
30s linger there.

Minimum Temperatures

Figure 1: Minimum Temperatures in the region for Friday (4/16) and Saturday (4/17) morning.

Potential Damages

Bud and shoot damage is possible, especially in early-bud breaking cultivars. We have compiled a comprehensive publication on frost protection and injury management here:

Prevention and Management of Frost Injury in Wine Grapes

Hourly Forecasts

(provided by AWIS Weather Services.)

North Carolina:

**FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:**
Ahoskie-Tri-Cou	Albemarle_AP	Andrews	Asheboro
Asheville_Munic	Beaufort-Michae	Boone_NC	Burlington-Burl
Cape_Hatteras_AG	Chapel_Hill-Hor	Charlotte	Cherry_Point
Clinton_NC	Concord_NC	Currituck_NC	Edenton-Northea
Elizabeth_City	Elizabethtown_NC	Erwin-Harnett_C	Fayetteville_AP
Fort_Bragg/Simm	Franklin/Macon_C	Gastonia-Gaston	Goldsboro_AFB
Goldsboro_NC	Greensboro	Greenville_AP_NC	Hickory
Jacksonville	Jacksonville_(A	Jefferson_AP_NC	Kenansville-Dup
Kill_Devil_Hills	Kinston_AP	Lexington-David	Lincolnton_AP
Louisburg_NC	Lumberton_AP_NC	Mackall_AAF	Manteo/Dare_Co
Maxton	Mcalf_Bogue_Fiel	Monroe_AP_NC	Morganton-Morga
Mount_Airy-Moun	New_Bern	North_Wilkesbor	Oxford_NC
Piney_Island_Bom	Pope_AFB	Raleigh-Durham	Reidsville_AP
Roanoke_Rap_AP	Roanoke_Rapids_R	Rockingham_NC	Rocky_Mount-Wils
Roxboro_AP	Rutherfordton	Salisbury-Rowan	Sanford_NC
Shelby_AP_NC	Smithfield_AP	Southern_Pines	Southport_NC
Statesville-Sta	Tarboro_AP	Wadesboro_AP	Washington-Warr
Whiteville_NC	Wilmington_AP_NC	Winston-Salem

South Carolina:

**FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:**
Aiken_AP	Anderson_Co_Air	Barnwell_AP	Beaufort_Cnty_AP
Beaufort_SC	Bennettsville_Je	Camden_AP	Charleston_Exec_
Charleston_Muni	Cheraw_AP	Chester_AP	Clemson-Clemson
Columbia-Columb	Columbia/McEnti	Columbia_Metro	Conway_AP
Darlington	Florence_SC	Georgetown_AP_SC	Greenville_Donal
Greenville_Down	Greenville-Spart	Greenwood-Green	Hartsville_AP
Hilton_Head_AP	Kingstree_AP	Lancaster-McWhir	Laurens_AP
Manning_AP	Marion_AP_SC	Moncks_Corner_AP	Mount_Pleasant_A
Myrtle_Beach	Newberry_AP	North_Myrtle_Be	Orangeburg-Oran
Pickens_AP	Rock_Hill	Spartanburg_Down	Summerville_AP
Sumter_AP	Sumter_SC	Walterboro_AP	Winnsboro_AP

Georgia:

**FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:**
Albany_Municipa	Alma/Bacon_Co	Americus_AP	Athens_Municipa
Atlanta/DeKalb	Atlanta/Fulton	Atlanta_Intl_Ar	Atlanta_Paulding
Augusta/Bush_Fi	Augusta_Daniel_F	Bainbridge_GA	Blakely_AP
Brunswick_GA	Brunswick/Glync	Canton_GA	Carrollton_AP
Cartersville_AP	Claxton_AP	Columbus_GA	Covington_GA_AP
Dalton-Dalton_M	Douglas_Muni	Dublin/WHBarron	Fitzgerald_AP
Fort_Benning	Ft_Stewart/Wrig	Gainesville_AP_G	Greensboro_GA
Homerville_AP	Hunter_(AAF)	Jesup_AP	La_Grange
Lakeland	Lawrenceville_AP	Macon_AP	Marietta
Marietta/Cobb	Milledgeville_AP	Moultrie_Muni_AP	Newnan-Newnan_C
Peachtree_City	Rome_GA	Savannah	Statesboro_GA
Swainsboro_AP	Sylvania_AP_GA	Thomaston_AP	Thomasville_AP
Thomson_GA	Tifton_AP	Valdosta	Valdosta/Moody
Vidalia	Warner_Robins_A	Washington_GA	Waycross_AP
Winder_AP

Virginia:

**FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:**
Abingdon	Ashland_VA	Charlottesville	Chesapeake-Ches
Culpeper	Danville	Dublin/New_Riv	Emporia_VA
Farmville	Fentress_Naval_A	Fort_Belvoir/Da	Fort_Eustis/Fel
Franklin/J_B_Ro	Hillsville	Hot_Springs/Ing	Jonesville_AP
Langley_AFB	Leesburg/Godfre	Louisa-Louisa_C	Lynchburg
Manassas_Muni(A	Marion/Wythev	Martinsville	Mecklenburg/Bru
Melfa/Accomack	Newport_News	Norfolk_Hampton_	Norfolk_NAS
Norfolk_VA	Oceana	Orange_VA	Petersburg_(AWO
Quantico	Richlands_AP	Richlands_VA	Richmond
Richmond_Chester	Roanoke	Shannon_Arpt	Stafford_AP_VA
Staunton-Shenan	Suffolk-Suffolk	Tappahannock_AP	Virginia_Tech_A
Wakefield_AP	Wallops_Island	Warrenton_Fauqui	Washington_Dulle
West_Point_VA	Williamsburg_VA	Winchester_Rgnl	Wise/Lonesome_P

Maryland:

**FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE LOCATIONS:**
Aberdeen	Andrews_AFB	Annapolis_Naval	Baltimore_Sci_Ce
Baltimore/Wash	Cambridge/Dorche	College_Park_AP	Cumberland_AP
Easton_MD	Fort_Meade	Frederick_MD	Gaithersburg_AP
Hagerstown_AP	Leonardtown	Middle_River	Oakland_MD_AP
Ocean_City_AP	Patuxent_River	Salisbury	Stevensville_AP
St_Inigoes/Webst	Washington_DC_AP	Westminster_AP

This post was created under the consultation and with permission of AWIS Weather Services.

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Mark Hoffmann Department Extension Leader, Small Fruits Specialist & Associate Professor

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