From fire to ice in just a few days -- weather service issues frost warning
(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
Beautiful but deadly -- to plants -- frost etched across a window.
By Globe Staff
Last week we had fire. Tonight we could have ice.
Frost, to be exact. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory warning of "a touch of frost" in the early morning hours Wednesday in parts of coastal Massachusetts north and south of Boston as well as southeaster Massachusetts and Martha's Vineyard.
The forecasters warned farmers and gardeners to protect vegetation and to cover or bring indoors potted plants.
Don't turn the heat off tomorrow morning, either. The forecasters expect more frost early Thursday morning, with temperatures dropping near 30.
The frost warning comes after heavy rain ended a string of sunny, dry days in which brush fires broke out across the state. Just last Wednesday spring seemed well on its way, with the temperatures rising to 84 in Boston.
The weather service reported that the rains dropped more than two inches of rain in areas around the state from Monday afternoon to this afternoon.
