Friday morning features a Freeze Warning through 8 am ahead of out-the-door temperatures in the mid-20s and near 30 degrees.

Starting this month, those alerts will be no more — sort of. Like it did with wind chill alerts in fall, the NWS is adjusting the names of its heat watch and warning alert. Instead, dangerous heat ...

Going forward, the word “Excessive” will be replaced by the word “Extreme” in these warnings ... cold and removed references to “Wind Chill” in those warnings. If you remember ...