Frost Advisory 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Oct 29, 2008, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 30, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 30, 2008, 3:31 AM EDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS71 KPHI 291831
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
231 PM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-300915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0010.081030T0800Z-081030T1300Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON
231 PM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. 

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE
PENINSULA TONIGHT. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM COMES CLOSER TO THE
REGION OVERNIGHT, WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER AND SOME FROST SHOULD
FORM TOWARD THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING
WILL COME CLOSE TO FREEZING. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE
CENTERED CLOSE TO THE REGION COME FRIDAY MORNING. WITH A LONGER
PERIOD OF LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES COME FRIDAY MORNING.

IF YOU WANT TO PROLONG YOUR GROWING SEASON, PLEASE TAKE
PROTECTIVE MEASURES TONIGHT. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, YOU WILL HAVE TO
TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.
 
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS
MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. IF POSSIBLE BRING INDOORS ANY
PLANTS YOU WANT TO SURVIVE THROUGH THE WINTER.

$$

MIKETTA/GIGI

000 
WWUS71 KPHI 300731
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 AM EDT THU OCT 30 2008

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-300845-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0010.081030T0800Z-081030T1300Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON
331 AM EDT THU OCT 30 2008

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR
SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING INTO THE LOWER AND MID 30S
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS SHOULD PRECLUDE
FROST FROM FORMING THIS MORNING, SO THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MAY OFFER CONDITIONS MORE
CONDUCIVE TO FROST FORMATION, AND THE NEED FOR A FROST ADVISORY OR
EVEN A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE MONITORED DURING TODAY.

$$

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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.