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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Albany, NY

September 21, 20065 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this frost advisory at Sep 21, 2006, 3:19 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 22, 2006, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2006, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2006, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2006, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.