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Frost Advisory 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 15, 20066 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 15, 2006, 3:34 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It took effect at Oct 16, 2006, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2006, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2006, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2006, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2006-10-15Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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 151934
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 PM EDT SUN OCT 15 2006

DEZ001-NJZ012-013-016>019-PAZ070-161200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0009.061016T0800Z-061016T1200Z/
NEW CASTLE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA
334 PM EDT SUN OCT 15 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. AREAS
OF FROST ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT.

CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS LIKELY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE
FROST OVER MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. HIGHLY URBANIZED
AREAS ARE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROST.

SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. COVER UP 
ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS WITH A LIGHT BLANKET OR PLASTIC SHEET. IF 
POSSIBLE, BRING ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS TO PROTECT THEM 
FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES.

$$

MPD

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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.