By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ
Managing Editor
editor@sbnewspaper.com
The last freeze was in February of this year, when Carl Otsuki of San Benito (shown) was on the corner of Bonham and Hicks Street snapping photographs of frozen blades of grass at a nearby lot. (File photo)
Baby, it’s cold outside.
Make that freezing.
The National Weather Service in Brownsville issued a freeze warning for Tuesday evening, expecting temperatures to dip into the low 20s.
With the forecast for deep South Texas projected to be 28 to 32 degrees come midnight, it’s the first time in years a freeze of this magnitude is hitting the Valley during the early holiday period.
NWS Meteorologist Greg Flatt acknowledged as much. However, he also said it wasn’t completely uncommon.
“Usually it comes a little later if you have any freezes,” Flatt said, “but it can come in December. There have been some freezes in the early part of December before.”
Tuesday evening’s freeze warning went into effect for the entire deep South Texas region with the exception of the coastal areas in Willacy and Cameron.
“Overnight, the temperature is expected to drop to 28 to 32 degree range for three to seven hours, the farther west the less hours the freeze will be in effect,” Flatt said, adding it’s not expected to get below 28 degrees. “It’ll remain in the upper 20s and low 30s,” he added.
Meanwhile, Flatt reported that a freeze watch will also be in effect for Wednesday evening. “It’s expected to warm up tomorrow,” he said Tuesday, “but there will be freeze watch tomorrow night.”
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