Overview

• The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for the Klamath Basin and central and eastern Lake County, valid Saturday from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m.
• Forecasters expect subfreezing temperatures again Sunday through Tuesday with a hard freeze Monday across the area.
• Initial alerts began as a freeze watch covering northwestern Modoc and northeastern Siskiyou counties in California and extended into southern Oregon.
• Officials warn that frost and freeze conditions could kill sensitive vegetation and damage unprotected outdoor pipes, urging protections for plants, livestock and plumbing.
• A cold Pacific front is driving below-average temperatures across the West along with rain and mountain snow at higher elevations.