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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 7, 20075 counties in Pennsylvania; 9 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 7, 2007, 2:27 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 9 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at May 8, 2007, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2007, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2007, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 8, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-05-07Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 071827
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
227 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2007

NJZ001-007>010-020>022-027-PAZ054-055-060>062-081200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.070508T0600Z-070508T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
227 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2007

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. 

A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT. IN 
COMBINATION WITH THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS, THIS WILL PRODUCE 
PERFECT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN 
OUR AIR MASS HAS NOT RECOVERED, THEREFORE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL 
LIKE A ROCK TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 30S AGAIN AND 
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD FROST WILL FORM, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT 
UNPROTECTED OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE, BRING PLANTS INDOORS THAT ARE 
SENSITIVE TO THE COLD OR COVER OUTDOOR PLANTS THAT CAN NOT BE 
PHYSICALLY BROUGHT INSIDE. MORE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO 
OUR REGION ON TUESDAY AND THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST FROSTY NIGHT IN 
THIS AIR MASS.


$$

GIGI/MEOLA/GORSE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 080656
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
256 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-080800-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070508T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
256 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
FROST ADVISORY. 

$$

NJZ020>022-027-081200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070508T1200Z/
OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
256 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007

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

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

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S OVERNIGHT AND ALLOWED SOME PATCHY FROST
TO FORM. ANY FROST THAT FORMED OVERNIGHT SHOULD MELT BY 8 AM AS
TEMPERATURES RISE AFTER SUNRISE.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED OR UNPROTECTED.

$$

RNS
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 081207
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
807 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007

NJZ020>022-027-081315-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070508T1200Z/
OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
807 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WITH THE SUN UP AND AIR TEMPERATURES NO LONGER IN THE 30S, THE
FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

KRUZDLO

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.