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Frost Advisory 10, NWS Eureka, CA

September 13, 2016Mendocino County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Sep 13, 2016, 3:50 AM PDT for Mendocino County, Trinity County, California. It took effect at Sep 14, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2016, 3:50 AM PDT (10:50 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 14, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 14, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2016-09-13Temperature 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2016-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
3622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

412 
WWUS76 KEKA 131050
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
350 AM PDT TUE SEP 13 2016

CAZ108-111-140000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0010.160914T1000Z-160914T1500Z/
SOUTHERN TRINITY-NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
350 AM PDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...MID 30S.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HAYFORK...RUTH AND COVELO.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
505 
WWUS76 KEKA 132113
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
213 PM PDT TUE SEP 13 2016

CAZ108-111-141500-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0010.160914T1000Z-160914T1500Z/
SOUTHERN TRINITY-NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
213 PM PDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...MID 30S.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HAYFORK...RUTH AND COVELO.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

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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.