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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 10, 20164 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2016, 1:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at May 11, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2016, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 11, 2016, 7:34 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2016-05-10Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

405 
WWUS71 KBUF 101737
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
137 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

NYZ005>008-110145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.160511T0500Z-160511T1200Z/
NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...
LOWVILLE
137 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY.

* TIMING...FROM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY 
  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.

&&

$$

CHURCH
3 follow-up statements
478 
WWUS71 KBUF 110101
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
901 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

NYZ005>008-111015-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.160511T0500Z-160511T1200Z/
NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...
LOWVILLE
901 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY 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
711 
WWUS71 KBUF 110520
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
120 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

NYZ005>008-111200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160511T1200Z/
NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...
LOWVILLE
120 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

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

* LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION.

* 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.

&&

$$
791 
WWUS71 KBUF 111134
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
734 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

NYZ005>008-111245-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160511T1200Z/
NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...
LOWVILLE
734 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE RISING INTO THE 40S EARLY THIS MORNING WITH
HIGHS NEAR 70 THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

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.