Ticker for April 9, 2003

                
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Hard Freeze Strikes Much of State

Prolonged temperatures below 28F (a "hard freeze") can be quite
detrimental to winter wheat in certain stages of development.
To that end, the Ticker provides a series of freeze maps today:

Hours Below Freezing (32F):
Tue: 

Wed: 

Both: 


Hours of Hard Freeze (28F):
Tue: 

Wed: 

Both: 



A Taste of Freedom

Today's meteogram at Freedom shows winds of change, accompanied by
decreasing pressure, bright, sunny, and increasingly warm conditions:



How appropriate.