Ticker for March 31, 2000

                
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Not Out of the Woods Yet!

Even though we haven't had a significant freeze in the past several
days, that doesn't mean it can't or won't occur again this spring.

A look at the median dates of the last freeze and last hard freeze:




reveal that the next few weeks are the hit-or-miss period for freeze
conditions.

Today's Mesonet data is another reminder.  Behind a cold front, temps
in the panhandle have hovered perilously close to freezing all day: