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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Burlington, VT

May 14, 20138 counties in Vermont; 4 counties in New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this frost advisory at May 14, 2013, 12:40 PM EDT for 8 counties in Vermont; 4 counties in New York. It took effect at May 15, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2013, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 15, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 15, 2013, 7:42 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2013-05-14Temperature 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 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 2013-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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.