Alert archive / New Jersey / Frost Advisories in 2005
Frost Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 28, 2005, 3:15 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 29, 2005, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2005, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2005, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2005, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 21 counties
New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KPHI 281915 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 315 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2005 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ007>010-012-013-015>023-027-PAZ060>062-067>070- 291100- /X.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0003.051029T0600Z-051029T1100Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...WASHINGTON... MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD... TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 315 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND LOW PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST WILL KEEP A COOL AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. SKIES THAT WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY BECOME CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL HELP LOWER TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AFTER MIDNIGHT. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE CLOUDS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE REGION FOR AWHILE TONIGHT. IF THE CLOUDS PERSIST, IT COULD REMAIN WARM ENOUGH TO PREVENT A WIDESPREAD FROST. THIS ADVISORY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA OR THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP ONLY INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. IF YOU HAVE ANY REMAINING GARDEN PLANTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAVE, BE SURE TO COVER THEM FOR TONIGHT. ALSO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS INDOORS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FROST. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.