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WEBVTT MONITORING THE COLD ANDSEEING WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS THISBLAST OF COLD AIR COMES IN.WHAT IS THE HEADS UP?LOWELL: NOT TERRIBLE.I DID HAVE TO BREAK OUT THEWINTER JACKET WITH TEMPERATURESIN THE UPPER 40'S WITH A LIGHTWIND.THINGS WILL DRASTICALLY CHANGEOVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS.YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TOMORROWWILL BE PRETTY COLD.THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEED TOKNOW WHEN WALKING AROUND YOURHOUSE.WHILE THE WEATHER WILL NOT LOOKLIKE THIS, IT WILL FEEL LIKETHIS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.TEMPERATURES WILL NEAR RECORDLOWS IN THE 20'S, GIVING US OURFIRST FREEZE.>> A LOT OF LEAVES DROPPINGCOMING IN WITH THE COLD FRONTAND WIND.LOWELL: THEY ARE MOURNING A LOTIN YOUR YARD TO CHANGE THISWEEKEND.THE FIRST FREEZE SHOULD SENDYOUR GRASS INTO DORMANCY, WHICHWOULD MEAN YOU ARE THROUGHCUTTING.>> WE DID A FINAL CUT ON OURLAWN.THE COLD TEMPERATURES SHOULDSTALL THE SEASON.LOWELL: IF YOU HAVE TROPICALPLANTS OUTSIDE BRING THEM INSIDE.ALSO IF YOU HAVE HALLOWEENPUMPKINS AND DECORATIONS DURINGTHEM INSIDE IF YOU WANT THEM TOLAST THROUGH THANKSGIVING.>> IF ANYONE HAS FALLDECORATIONS, LIKE SQUASH ANDTHINGS LIKE THAT, BRING THEMINSIDE IF YOU WANT TO USE THEMFOR DECORATIONS.THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL HAVEAN EFFECT ON THE OUTSIDE SKIN OFTHE PLANTS.LOWELL: ALSO OPEN YOUR FAUCETSUP TO DRAIN.>> YOU WATER SPRAY GETS COME IFTHERE IS A VALVE TO TURN THEMOFF, TURN THEM OFF AND OPEN THEVALVE OUTSIDE AND DRAIN THEWATER OUT.LOWELL: PIPE INSULATION IS AGOOD IDEA FOR EXPOSED PIPES.IT CAN BE A GOOD IDEA TO LETYOUR KITCHEN SINK TRIPWHILE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOWFREEZING.THE ONLY GOOD NEWS OUT OF THEFIRST COLD LAST IS THAT YOUWON'T HAVE TO MOW THE LAWNANYMORE UNTIL THE SPRING.ONE FINAL NOTE WITH THE COLDWEATHER, THE HOMELESS COME TOMIND.IN BALTIMORE CITY NEVERACTIVATED THEIR WINTER SHELTERCAPACITY PROGRAM THAT GOES INTOEFFECT TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGHSUNDAY.IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN NEED, WEHAVE LINKS ON WBALTV.COM AND OUR

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Weather in the Baltimore area isn't too bad, with temperatures in the 50s Thursday, but that is going to change rapidly.Winds will pick up and temperatures will drop to freezing Friday night. Friday night into Saturday, temperatures will near record lows in the 20s, giving Baltimore its first freeze of the year."You're probably going to see a lot of leaves dropping with this cold and with the winds and everything else we're expecting," said Tim McQuaid, general manager of Valley View Farms. Valley View Farms is warning that this first freeze should be enough to send grass into dormancy, which means you should stop cutting it."I think everybody, if they're doing their last cut, we just did a last final cut on our lawn, at these colder temperatures, that should pretty much stall the grass to the point where we're finished for the season," McQuaid said.McQuaid said that if you have any tropical plants, pumpkins, or Halloween decorations outside, you should bring them in if you want them to last through Thanksgiving."If anybody has fall decorations out, squash and things like that, I would certainly bring those inside if they want to continue using them outside for the decorations, because this cold temperature will have a drastic effect on the outer skin of the plant," explained McQuaid.Another thing you should do is turn off the water to your outside faucets and open them up to drain."You want to take your outside water spicket, if there's a valve inside, turn them off, open the valve outside drain the water out," Greg Hellman, of Ace Hardware said.Pipe insulation is also a good idea for exposed pipes. Another useful piece of advice is to let your kitchen sink drip while temperatures are below freezing."If you have any exposed pipes in a crawlspace or something, you want to get some insulation. We sell it in three different sizes," Hellman said. Because of the cold weather, Baltimore City has activated its winter shelter capacity from Friday night through Sunday.