Active AlertsLake Pocotopaug, CT

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...Temperatures dropping to around freezing.* WHERE...In Connecticut, Northern Fairfield, Northern Middlesex,Northern New Haven, and Northern New London Counties. In NewJersey, Western Bergen and Western Passaic Counties. In New York,Northern Westchester, Orange, Putnam, and Rockland Counties.* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.