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Frost Advisory 12, NWS Medford, OR

June 22, 2007Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this frost advisory at Jun 22, 2007, 2:44 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jun 24, 2007, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2007, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 24, 2007, 2:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 24, 2007, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2007-06-22Temperature 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2007-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Jun 22, 2:20 PM PDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:20 PM PDT, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
220 PM PDT FRI JUN 22 2007

.DISCUSSION...MODELS ARE IN AMAZING AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED
TODAY. A SERIES OF WEAK BUT DRY COLD FRONTS CYCLE THROUGH THE
REGION...BRINGING REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOL AND STABLE MARINE
PUSHES. THE JET DYNAMICS FOR ALL OF THE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK STAY FAR NORTH OF OUR AREA WITH NORTH TO
NORTHWEST FLOW KEEPING THE ATMOSPHERE STABLE. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS ALONG THE COAST AND INWARD TO THE CASCADES WITH LOW
CLOUDS AND MARINE MOISTURE MAKING A TIP OF THE BUCKET POSSIBLE.
AS WE APPROACH THE END OF NEXT WEEK ENSEMBLES PLOTS ARE IN VERY
TIGHT AGREEMENT WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENING ALONG THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. MODELS ARE SHOWING A DECENT EARLY SUMMER PRECIP
EVENT THE LAST PART OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AND WILL WALK UP
THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS I HAVE INTRODUCED TO ALL OF THE WEST SIDE
INTO PARTS EAST TOMORROW IF MODELS CONTINUE WITH THIS SOLUTION.

WITH 850 TEMPS DROPPING ABOUT 5C OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHT EAST
OF THE CASCADES COMBINING WITH CLEARING WILL ISSUE A FROST
ADVISORY EAST OF THE CASCADES TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR IN LOW CLOUDS BUILD INTO THE WEST SIDE
NORTH OF THE UMPQUA DIVIDE AGAIN TONIGHT AND ALONG THE COAST
BEFORE BURNING BACK TO THE COAST BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR ORZ029-ORZ030-
     ORZ031.
     FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ029-ORZ030-
     ORZ031.

CA...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR CAZ084-CAZ085.
     FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR CAZ084-CAZ085.
     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ285.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE.

SVEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:44 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake65 hr
Jun 22, 9:26 AM PDTRed Flag WarningMFRModoc12 hr

Nearby

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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.