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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 9, 20169 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 9, 2016, 5:36 PM EDT for 9 counties in New York. It took effect at May 10, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2016, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 10, 2016, 7:35 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-05-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

364 
WWUS71 KBUF 092136
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
536 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016

NYZ002>006-011>014-100545-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/
ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...
FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
536 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE LOWER
  GENESEE VALLEY AND FINGER LAKES REGIONS. FROST WILL BE PATCHY IN
  NATURE...MAINLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS...VALLEY LOCATIONS AND AREAS
  INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO.

* TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST MAY IMPACT TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

APFFEL
4 follow-up statements
376 
WWUS71 KBUF 100215
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1015 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016

NYZ002>006-011>014-101000-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/
ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...
FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
1015 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE LOWER
  GENESEE VALLEY AND FINGER LAKES REGION. FROST WILL BE INLAND
  FROM LAKE ONTARIO AND PATCHY IN NATURE...MAINLY ACROSS OPEN
  AREAS AND VALLEY LOCATIONS.

* TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST MAY IMPACT TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

APFFEL
064 
WWUS71 KBUF 100532
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
132 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

NYZ002>006-011>014-101200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/
ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...
FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
132 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE LOWER 
  GENESEE VALLEY AND FINGER LAKES REGION. FROST WILL BE INLAND 
  FROM LAKE ONTARIO AND PATCHY IN NATURE...MAINLY ACROSS OPEN 
  AREAS AND VALLEY LOCATIONS.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST MAY IMPACT TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$
417 
WWUS71 KBUF 100817
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
417 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

NYZ002>006-011>014-101200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/
ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...
FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
417 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE LOWER 
  GENESEE VALLEY AND FINGER LAKES REGION. FROST WILL BE INLAND 
  FROM LAKE ONTARIO AND PATCHY IN NATURE...MAINLY ACROSS OPEN 
  AREAS AND VALLEY LOCATIONS.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST MAY IMPACT TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$
609 
WWUS71 KBUF 101135
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
735 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

NYZ002>006-011>014-101245-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/
ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...
FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
735 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY.

$$

CHURCH

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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.