Active AlertsMarlborough, CT

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected.* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, southeasternMassachusetts, and northern and southern Rhode Island.* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Thursday.* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.