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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

September 15, 20076 counties in Pennsylvania; 7 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this frost advisory at Sep 15, 2007, 3:07 PM EDT for 6 counties in Pennsylvania; 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Sep 16, 2007, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2007, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2007, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 16, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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.