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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 27, 200814 counties in New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this frost advisory at May 27, 2008, 6:04 PM EDT for 14 counties in New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 28, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2008, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
In effect from
May 28, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 28, 2008, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 228 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.