Freeze Warning for Saturday Morning

Hope you were able to dig the heavy coat out of the closet this morning. If not, you'll want to find it as our chilly weather will continue through the weekend.

Here's a look at lows from Friday morning from around the region:

• Louisburg: 28
• Chapel Hill: 29
• Asheboro: 30
• Mount Airy: 30
• Raleigh-Durham: 32
• Rocky Mount-Wilson: 32
• Greensboro: 33
• Winston-Salem: 33
• Burlington: 34
• Goldsboro: 34
• Smithfield: 34
• Southern Pines: 34
• Fayetteville: 36
• Lexington: 37
• Lumberton: 37

Saturday morning's lows will likely be colder than Friday. We should all have temperatures below freezing for at least a few hours early Saturday morning. A Freeze Warning has been posted for much of the region.

Here's the official word from the National Weather Service --

1102 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY...

A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.