Alert archive / Massachusetts / Frost Advisories in 2010
Frost Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this frost advisory at Apr 13, 2010, 5:00 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 7 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 13, 2010, 11:09 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2010, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2010, 11:09 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WWUS71 KBOX 130900 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 500 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... CTZ002-131700- /O.CAN.KBOX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100413T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS 500 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING IN HARTFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. HIGH CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED THE FROST POTENTIAL IN MOST OF HARTFORD COUNTY...EXCEPT POSSIBLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER HOWEVER...THE COOL AIRMASS WILL STILL RESIDE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MUCH LESS CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED AFTER ANY SCATTERED AFTERNOON OR SPRINKLES END. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THE VALUES OF EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ MAZ024-131000- /O.CAN.KBOX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100413T1200Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 500 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES WHILE REACHING THE UPPER 30S LAST EVENING ON NANTUCKET HAVE NOT DROPPED MUCH SINCE THEN AND THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001-003-006-131700- /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100413T1200Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 500 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY AND A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AWAY FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY AND OUTSIDE THE URBAN CENTERS AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND RURAL COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. IN CONNECTICUT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF UNION...VERNON... PUTNAM AND WILLIMANTIC. IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN AND VINEYARD HAVEN. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOSTER... SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT AND WESTERLY. A DRY COOL AIRMASS RESIDES OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COURTESY OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. TEMPERATURES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DIPPED TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY TODAY WITH FROST EXCEPT IN SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND WHERE A DECK OF HIGH CLOUDS ARRIVED BEFORE DAWN TO LIMIT THE FROST POTENTIAL THERE A NEAR REPEAT FROST EPISODE IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND WITH SKIES CLEAR MOST OF THE NIGHT AFTER ANY CLOUD DEBRIS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR SHOWERS DISSIPATES. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPERATURES ALMOST 5 DEGREES COOLER TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND. WHILE FROST IS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...A FROST ADVISORY HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA AS THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT BEGUN YET OVER THIS REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ RIZ002-131700- /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PROVIDENCE 500 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE REGION JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE FOR LATE TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR A TOUCH OF FROST JUST OUTSIDE THE URBAN CENTER OF PROVIDENCE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ DRAG
7 follow-up statements
139 WWUS71 KBOX 130931 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 531 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... CTZ003-131745- /O.CAN.KBOX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100413T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ TOLLAND CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON 531 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY THIS MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. IN CONNECTICUT THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TOLLAND COUNTY THIS MORNING. LATEST MESONET OBSERVATIONS INDICATE TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S THIS MORNING DUE TO PERSISTENT HIGH CLOUDINESS. IN CONNECTICUT THE FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF VERNON...UNION... WILLIMANTIC AND PUTNAM. A DRY COOL AIRMASS RESIDES OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COURTESY OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. A NEAR REPEAT FROST EPISODE IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND WITH SKIES CLEAR MOST OF THE NIGHT AFTER ANY CLOUD DEBRIS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR SHOWERS DISSIPATES. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPERATURES ALMOST 5 DEGREES COOLER TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001-003-006-131745- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100413T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 531 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. IN CONNECTICUT THE FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF UNION... VERNON... PUTNAM AND WILLIMANTIC. IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN AND VINEYARD HAVEN. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FOSTER... SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT AND WESTERLY. A DRY COOL AIRMASS RESIDES OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COURTESY OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. TEMPERATURES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DIPPED TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY TODAY WITH FROST EXCEPT IN SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND WHERE A DECK OF HIGH CLOUDS ARRIVED BEFORE DAWN TO LIMIT THE FROST POTENTIAL THERE A NEAR REPEAT FROST EPISODE IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND WITH SKIES CLEAR MOST OF THE NIGHT AFTER ANY CLOUD DEBRIS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR SHOWERS DISSIPATES. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPERATURES ALMOST 5 DEGREES COOLER TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND. WHILE FROST IS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...A FROST ADVISORY HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA AS THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT BEGUN YET OVER THIS REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ002-RIZ002-131745- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...PROVIDENCE 531 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED THE FROST POTENTIAL IN MOST OF HARTFORD COUNTY...EXCEPT POSSIBLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER HOWEVER...THE COOL AIRMASS WILL STILL RESIDE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MUCH LESS CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED AFTER ANY SCATTERED AFTERNOON OR SPRINKLES END. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THE VALUES OF EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
809 WWUS71 KBOX 131202 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 802 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... CTZ004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001-003-006-132015- /O.EXP.KBOX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100413T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 802 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY FOR TODAY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. ANOTHER FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A DRY COOL AIR MASS RESIDES OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COURTESY OF A HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES FROM CANADA. TEMPERATURES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DIPPED TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY TODAY WITH FROST...EXCEPT ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND WHERE A DECK OF HIGH CLOUDS ARRIVED BEFORE DAWN TO LIMIT THE FROST POTENTIAL THERE A NEAR REPEAT FROST EPISODE IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND WITH SKIES CLEAR MOST OF THE NIGHT AFTER ANY CLOUD DEBRIS FROM SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON DISSIPATES. THIS COULD RESULT IN TEMPERATURES ALMOST 5 DEGREES COOLER TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND. WHILE FROST IS EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...A FROST ADVISORY HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA AS THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT BEGUN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ002-003-RIZ002-132015- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PROVIDENCE 802 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH CLOUD COVER LIMITED THE FROST POTENTIAL ACROSS MOST OF HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT THIS MORNING...EXCEPT POSSIBLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER HOWEVER...A COOL AIR MASS WILL STILL RESIDE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MUCH LESS CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED AFTER ANY SCATTERED AFTERNOON OR SPRINKLES END. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THE VALUES OF EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ BELK
858 WWUS71 KBOX 132016 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 416 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001>003-006-140430- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 416 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A COOL AIR MASS WILL STILL RESIDE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MUCH LESS CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED. AREAS OF FROST ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS WELL AS OUTLYING SUBURBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ BELK
299 WWUS71 KBOX 140226 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1026 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001>003-006-141030- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0500Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 1026 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF FROST ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AT 10 PM...TEMPERATURES WERE VERY SIMILAR TO THE VALUES OF 24 HOURS AGO AND TONIGHT THERE SHOULD NOT BE A HIGH CLOUD SHIELD INVADING CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. WEDNESDAY MORNINGS LOWS SHOULD BE AS COLD OR SLIGHTLY COLDER THAN THAN THEY WERE EARLY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
991 WWUS71 KBOX 140309 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1109 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... MAZ024-141115- /O.EXB.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0309Z-100414T1200Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1109 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF FROST ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING NANTUCKET ISLAND. AT 11 PM...TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY LOWER THAN 24 HOURS AGO OVER MOST OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. WEDNESDAY MORNINGS LOWS WILL PROBABLY BE AS COLD OR COLDER THAN THAN THEY WERE EARLY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001>003-006-141115- /O.EXT.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.100414T0309Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 1109 PM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE FROST ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF FROST ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AT 11 PM...TEMPERATURES WERE SIMILAR TO THE VALUES OF 24 HOURS AGO IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT BUT COLDER THAN 24 HOURS AGO OVER MOST OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. WEDNESDAY MORNINGS LOWS SHOULD BE AS COLD OR SLIGHTLY COLDER THAN THAN THEY WERE EARLY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ DRAG
208 WWUS71 KBOX 140844 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 444 AM EDT WED APR 14 2010 ...A FROSTY MORNING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... CTZ002>004-MAZ007-017>024-RIZ001>003-006-141200- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY 444 AM EDT WED APR 14 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT NOT THE URBAN CENTERS NOR ADJACENT NARRAGANSETT BAY. THE FROST ADVISORY ALSO COVERS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND COASTAL ESSEX COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. AREAS OF FROST ARE AGAIN IN PROGRESS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND IT APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN EARLY YESTERDAY. READINGS JUST BEFORE 5 AM WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S EXCEPT WARMER IN THE URBAN CENTERS. THE FROST WILL QUICKLY END BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM AS TEMPERATURES RISE RAPIDLY. A MUCH WARMER AFTERNOON SHOULD LIMIT THE DURATION AND EXTENT OF ANY REPEAT FROST EPISODE THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... THOUGH ITS POSSIBLE AN ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR A FEW LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ DRAG
148 WWUS71 KBOX 141158 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 758 AM EDT WED APR 14 2010 CTZ002>004-MAZ007-017>024-RIZ001>003-006-141300- /O.EXP.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GLOUCESTER...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY 758 AM EDT WED APR 14 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. ANY FROST WILL DISSIPATE BY 9 AM. $$
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 Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Apr 13, 4:45 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 4:45 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
445 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH WED. THEN A STRONG WARM FRONT
FORMS ON THU FROM NEW YORK CITY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. THEREAFTER...
A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG A WARM
FRONT EVENTUALLY MOVING TO THE EAST OF CAPE COD THIS WEEKEND.
THE LOW WILL STILL LINGER JUST OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE RESULT
WILL BE COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT WITH RATHER
COOL AND POSSIBLY SHOWERY WEATHER LINGERING SUN AND PERHAPS NEXT MON.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
FROSTY AT THE NWS AT 4 AM...MAINLY CARS SO FAR.
DRY THIS MORNING WITH AREAS OF FROST...MAINLY NE CT...COUNTRYSIDES
OF RI MASS AND S NH. PATCHY DENSE FOG SE MASS ETM DUE TO SHALLOW
SEABREEZE PERMITTED MOISTURE FROM EARLIER THIS PAST MONDAY AFTN
COMBINED WITH THE RAD COOLING.
KACK AND HFD COUNTY DROPPED FROM THE FROST ADVY...THE LATTER DUE TO
HIGH CLOUD. DONT THINK MUCH FROST IS OCCURRING IN TOLLAND COUNTY BUT
LEFT THAT COUNTY IN THE REMAINING ADVY.
21Z SREF PROBS USED FOR THIS INITIAL DRAFT OF THE FCST. HOWEVER...
THE 03Z/13 SREF POPS ARE HIGHER AND THE 00Z/13 EC HAS 0.10 IN CT.
OUR POPS MAY NEED BOOSTING IN THE LATE MORNING UPDATE.
AT LEAST SPRINKLES ANTICIPATED FOR PTNS OF THE FA...ESP CT AND SW MA.
00Z NAM/GFS/UK ALL HINTING. 00Z/13 RGEM GGEM DRY. 00Z EC IS SHOWERY
17Z-23Z. COMBO OF 500MB SHEAR SHORT WAVE AND THE EDGE OF MOISTURE
POOL SAGGING SEWD THRU PA SHOULD PRODUCE SPRINKLES THIS AFTN IN THE
INTERIOR.
WE DID SEE QUITE A BIT OF VIRGA OVER SE MASS LATE MON AFTN AND EVEN A
SPRINKLE AT THE CQX ASOS /IJD SPRINKLE EARLIER IN THE AFTN SEEMS
SOMEWHAT SUSPICIOUS BUT COULDNT COMPLETELY RULE IT OUT OF THE RTP/
THAT VIRGA WAS PARTIALLY ASSTD WITH A 17C T1-T5 NAM LAPSE RATE.
THESE LAPSE RATES MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN THE INTERIOR TODAY.
NOTICED TT BECOME QUITE LARGE THIS AFTN OVER 54C.
IN ANY CASE THE CI SHIELD THIS MORNING SAGS SSEWD THIS AFTN PERMITTING
HEATING AND POOL OF MID LVL INSTABILITY TO PROGRESS SSEWD ACROSS THE
INTERIOR.
MAX TEMPS TDY MAY NEED TO BE TRIMMED A COUPLE OF DEGS?
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
TONIGHT...ANOTHER FROSTY NIGHT AND ISSUED A FROST ADVY FOR PTNS OF
THE REGION. STATEMENT POSTS SHORTLY.
WED...A PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY MILDER DAY WITH GUSTY MID AFTN WNW
WINDS TO NEAR 23 KTS AHD OF A COOL FRONT. DEEP DRY INSTABILITY.
TEMPS TONIGHT AND WED WERE A 50 50 BLEND OF THE 00Z MAVMOSGUIDE BC
WITH MET NAM. THESE WERE CKD AGAINST 850 TEMP POTENTIAL WITH DEEPER
MIXG WED ON A SUNNIER WEDNESDAY AND WNW DOWNSLOPE. ALSO CKD AGAINST
2M TEMPS FM THE GFS/NAM RGEM AND ECMWF/UKMET.
SKYCOVER THRU WED WAS A 40 30 30 BLEND OF 00Z NAM RH/RGEM SKY AND
12Z GFS MOS GUIDE.
WINDS WERE A 40 30 30 BLEND OF 00Z/13 METMOS/MAVMOS AND RGEM 2M WINDS.
GUSTS WERE NAM MXG AND GUST ALG USING THE FCST SFC TEMPS.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
FAIR AND DRY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN A PERIOD OF
COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS ACROSS THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES ALLOWING FOR ANTICYCLONIC FLOW TO REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND. PERIODIC CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF LOW
PRESSURE ENTERING THE GREAT LAKES REGION. OTHERWISE A DRY AND COOL
NIGHT EXPECTED.
THURSDAY...A BACKDOOR COOL FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH DURING
THE DAY. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO SHIFT ALONG THE COAST...COOLING
TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH CLOUDS
WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN AS HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE DUE TO WARM AIR
ADVECTION ALOFT ADVANCING FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION. STILL EXPECTING
HIGHS TO RANGE AT LEAST 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS MANY AREAS
BEFORE MARITIME AIR BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
REGARDING THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION...THE NAM APPEARS TO BRING
MORE POTENT SHORT WAVE ENERGY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
WATERS ALLOWING FOR A DELAY IN THE BREAKDOWN OF THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE...WHILE THE GFS...UKMET AND ECMWF ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE
IN BREAKING DOWN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND THIS ALLOWS FOR SOME
PRECIPITATION TO REACH THE WESTERN ZONES BY EVENING AHEAD OF THE WARM
FRONT. HAVE LOW CHANCE POPS ADVERTISED FOR THE WESTERN ZONES BY EVENING.
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...SHORT WAVE ENERGY ADVANCES SOUTHEAST
FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IN ADDITION MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND
A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY JET WILL BRING THE LIFT
NECESSARY ALONG THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO SUPPORT A ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL INITIALLY BE COLD
ENOUGH THURSDAY NIGHT TO ALLOW SOME WET SNOW TO MIX IN ACROSS THE
WORCESTER HILLS AND MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HAVE
LIKELY POPS ADVERTISED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT CHANCE POPS
EAST.
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
FORM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND BRING A PERIOD OF RAIN...MIXED
WITH WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS THE INTERIOR HIGH TERRAIN. HAVE LIKELY
POPS ADVERTISED FOR SATURDAY...LOWERING TO CHANCE POPS SATURDAY
NIGHT.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...SOME DIFFERENCES EVEOLVE AMONGST THE LONG RANGE
GUIDANCE AND ENSEMBLES REGARDING THE DEPARTURE TIME OF LOW PRESSURE
AND THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL LOW. HAVE CONTINUED THE MENTION OF CHANCE
POPS SUNDAY FOR LEFTOVER INSTABILITY SHOWERS...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS MONDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
BEFORE 13Z...PATCHY COUNTRYSIDE AIRFIELD LIFR ON SHALLOW FOG...MAINLY
VALLEYS AND SE MASS. OTRW CIGS ABV 10000 FT SW HALF OF MASS THRU CT
AND RI.
TODAY AFTER 13Z...HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR CONDITIONS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS INLAND PROBABLY BECOME SLY THIS AFTN WITH WINDS BECOMING
ONSHORE AT BOS/PVD/HYA/FMH AND ACK BY 11AM. GUSTS TO NR 15 KTS
EXPECTED AT BOS THIS AFTN.
CIGS ABV 10000 FT S OF THE MASS PIKE...ESP IN CT AND SW RI THIS MORNING.
THIS AFTN A BKN DECK NR 6000 FT SHOULD DEVELOP FM NNW TO SSE.
SCT LIGHT TO MDT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ...MOST LIKELY ORH HILLS W TO THE
ESLOPES OF THE BERKS AND SWD MOVING MID AND LATE AFTN PER 03Z SREF/
AND 00Z VSNS OF THE EC/NAM AND GFS.
TONIGHT...VFR BECOMING CLEAR. LIGHT WINDS. PATCHY COUNTRYSIDE IFR
FOG POSSIBLE IN THE 07Z-11Z TIME FRAME. FROSTY LATE. BETTER CHC OF
FROST IN HFD COUNTY WITH NO CI SHIELD.
WED...VFR. HIGH CONFIDENCE. WNW WIND GUSTS INCREASE TO BETWEEN 18-23
KTS IN THE AFTN PROBABLY ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...VFR.
THURSDAY...VFR. LOW TO MEDIUM CONFIDENCE MVFR CEILINGS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL TERMINALS AFT 21Z...WITH MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE AFT 00Z
FRIDAY. CHC SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN WITH SOME WET SNOW MIXED
ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN THU NIGHT.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IFR CEILINGS AND
MVFR VSBYS. PERIODS OF RAIN...DRIZZLE AND FOG. SOME SNOW MIXED WITH
THE RAIN PERHAPS ACROSS THE INTERIOR HIGH TERRAIN FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH PRES OVERHEAD WILL PROVIDE LIGHT WINDS
WITH LOCAL SEA BREEZES NEAR SHORE. TRANQUIL SEAS EXPECTED ALONG WITH
GOOD VSBY.
WED...GUSTY NEARSHORE WNW WINDS E MASS AND FROM THE SW ALONG THE S
COAST WITH SPEEDS TO NR 23 KTS IN THE AFTN. LOW PROB AN SCA MAY BE
NEEDED NR SHORE WATERS DURING MID OR LATE AFTN?
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS.
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WILL NOTE SEAS BUILDING THROUGH THE
PERIOD AS EASTERLY SWELL INCREASES. SHOULD NOTE SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FEET
OR HIGHER BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PERHAPS UP TO 10 FEET BY
SATURDAY. E WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KT BEGINNING FRI AFTERNOON AND PERHAPS
UP TO 30 KT SATURDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
AN INCREASED RISK OF FIRE DANGER WED AFTN DUE TO RECENT DRYSPELL AND
COMBINED LOW RH...AND WNW WIND GUSTS TO NR 25 MPH DURING MID AFTN.
NEEDS REEVALUATION DURING THE DAY SHIFT.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
KBOX WSR-88D WILL BE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
&&
.CLIMATE...
BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY /MQE/ REFERENCE... WARMEST ON RECORD FIRST 11 DAYS.
MAX'S AND MEAN WELL ABOVE THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF APRIL 1991 AND THE
DAILY MINS WELL ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WARMEST MINS OF THE FIRST 11 DAYS
OF APRIL 1981. PERIOD OF RECORD /POR/ DATES BACK TO 1885.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
KBOX WSR-88D WILL BE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR CTZ003-004.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR MAZ007-017>023.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR MAZ007-
017>023.
NH...NONE.
RI...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR RIZ001-003-006.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR RIZ001>003-
006.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DRAG/STRAUSS
NEAR TERM...DRAG
SHORT TERM...DRAG
LONG TERM...STRAUSS
AVIATION...DRAG/STRAUSS
MARINE...DRAG/STRAUSS
FIRE WEATHER...
CLIMATE...
EQUIPMENT...Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:56 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 456 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 MAZ002>006-008>016-024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ004-005-007-008-140900- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 456 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF ENHANCED FIRE DANGER MID AND LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ003-004-MAZ007-017>023-RIZ001-003-006-140900- TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- 456 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. AREAS OF FROST ARE ALSO LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002-RIZ002-140900- HARTFORD CT-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- 456 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. AREAS OF FROST ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-140900- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 456 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW PROBABILITY GALE FORCE E WIND GUSTS SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Frost Advisories in Massachusetts, 2010Frost Advisories in Rhode Island, 2010Frost Advisories in Connecticut, 2010Every frost advisory in 2010
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.