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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 9, 20156 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this frost advisory at Sep 9, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 10, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 10, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 10, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 453 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 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.