Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2006

Frost Advisory 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 6, 2006Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 6, 2006, 2:43 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 7, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2006, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 7, 2006, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KPHI 061843
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
243 PM EDT SAT MAY 6 2006

PAZ054-055-071000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.060507T0400Z-060507T1200Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
243 PM EDT SAT MAY 6 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY.

A COLDER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA 
TONIGHT. WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY AND A DIMINISHING WIND OVERNIGHT,
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID 30S BY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS WILL HAVE
TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S. AS A RESULT OF THESE
TEMPERATURES, SCATTERED FROST WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS FROM ANY FROST THAT FORMS, COVER 
THEM UP WITH A LIGHT BLANKET OR A SHEET OF PLASTIC. IF POSSIBLE,
BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS INDOORS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA 
OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

GORSE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 070810
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
410 AM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

PAZ054-055-071200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060507T1200Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
410 AM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

UNDER A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY...TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE POCONO REGION.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF FROST IN SHELTERED LOCATIONS. AS A
RESULT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FROST
ADVISORY FOR EARLY THIS MORNING.

$$

IOVINO
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 071133
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
733 AM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006


PAZ054-055-071245-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060507T1200Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
733 AM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. 

$$


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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.