Frost signal

Frost signal
Frost signal Frost" sig`nal (Meteor.) A signal consisting of a white flag with a black center, used by the United States Weather Bureau to indicate that a local frost is expected. It is used only in Florida and along the coasts of the Pacific and the Gulf Mexico. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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