One Wild Meteorological Ride (80s Sunday, frost risk next Wednesday?)
Record Season Accelerates Growing Season And Potential For Plant Damage . Here's a timely post from the Green Bay office of the NWS : " Most springs, the growing season doesn’t begin in northeast and north-central Wisconsin until late April or early May. This is normally when the NWS frost and freeze program begins. However, the recent stretch of record setting summer-like warmth has caused the growing season to begin four to six weeks earlier than normal. As a result, the NWS Green Bay office will begin issuing advisories for sub-freezing temperatures so those with sensitive vegetation can mitigate the impact of the cold during this early spring. F reeze Warnings will be issued for northeast and north-central Wisconsin when temperatures of 28 F or lower are anticipated . Frost will be forecast when temperatures of around 32 F or lower are expected with the formation of frost, but Frost Advisories will





His efforts have earned him the Chalmers Medal (1971) and Manson Medal (1982) from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, among a string of awards for services to parasitology in Brazil. Lainson tells me of his pride as an elected Fellow