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Overnight Temps Reached 15 Degrees At Archbold

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES

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By Joe  Seelig | Highlands Today

Published: January 22, 2009

SEBRING - The cold weather will continue tonight with a freeze warning still in effect, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures are expected to drop down into the upper 20s once again, according to Jennifer Colson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Thursday afternoon.

The coldest temperatures overnight Wednesday depended upon the elevations, she said. Low temperatures were measured at 25 degrees in Avon Park, 32 degrees in Sebring and 24 degrees in Venus.

A bone-chilling 15 degrees was recorded at the Archbold Biological Station, south of Lake Placid. They're in a little valley there, Colson explained.

Friday afternoon temperatures should reach about 70 degrees.

Friday into Saturday morning temperatures in Highlands County are expected to drop to about 40 degrees.

The area is also under a red flag warning, meaning conditions are favorable for wildfires. The Division of Forestry is alerted when humidity drops below 35 percent. It was expected to remain in effect for four or more hours, she said.

Mary Foy, Highlands County human services manager, was in charge of opening and closing the cold weather shelter at the Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center, at U.S. 27 and George Boulevard.

She said no one showed up on Tuesday night, but they had four individuals on Wednesday night. The shelter was open again overnight Thursday.

Highlands Today reporter Joe Seelig can be reached at (863) 386-5834 or jseelig@highlandstoday.com.

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