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Contributing photos / These photos were e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net by Jeanette DiCara, showing the early Saturday morning sleet on the plants outside her Edgewater home. Overnight Saturday temperatures are expected to plunge to the coldest levels so far this year with lows in the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A casualty of the freezing rain Saturday, Jan. 9, was the weekend BalloonFest at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. The good news is there is no more freezing rain expected this weekend.
No make-up date has yet been set for the second annual aerial extravaganza that last year drew 10,000 spectators.
With no signs of improving weather and overnight Saturday lows expected to drop into the teens, the BalloonFest was put on hold.
The National Weather Service put out a weather bulletin warning of extremely cold overnight temperatures fueled by a wind chill.