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Frost Advisory 15, NWS Eureka, CA

November 16, 2016Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Nov 16, 2016, 9:50 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Nov 17, 2016, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2016, 9:50 PM PST (05:50 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2016, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 17, 2016, 9:00 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2016-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

629 
WWUS76 KEKA 170550
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
950 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016

...FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

.COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN
OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR SOME
INTERIOR VALLEYS.

CAZ102-105>108-110-111-113-171700-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0002.161117T0900Z-161117T1700Z/
DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-NORTHERN TRINITY-SOUTHERN TRINITY-
NORTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
SOUTHEASTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
950 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. COLDEST LOCATIONS 
  FORECAST TO BE IN TRINITY...EASTERN HUMBOLDT...AND 
  NORTHEASTERN MENDOCINO COUNTIES. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ORLEANS...HOOPA...WILLOW CREEK...
  DENNY...CARRVILLE...BURNT RANCH...BIG BAR...WEAVERVILLE...
  LEWISTON...BRIDGEVILLE...DINSMORE...HYAMPOM...FOREST GLEN...
  PEANUT...HAYFORK...RICHARDSON GROVE...LEGGETT...LAYTONVILLE...
  COVELO...AND WILLITS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

CAZ101-103-104-109-112-171700-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0015.161117T0900Z-161117T1700Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-
MENDOCINO COAST-SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
950 PM PST WED NOV 16 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...33 TO 36 DEGREES. FROST MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR
  SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...PROTECTED VALLEYS...AND
  AT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...OUTER EUREKA AND ARCATA NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH
  AS HUMBOLDT HILL...CUTTEN...AND FRESHWATER...ALSO BLUE
  LAKE...FORTUNA...ORICK...MENDOCINO...BOONVILLE...MANCHESTER...
  HONEYDEW.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 2:57 PM PSTGale WarningEKA60 hr
Nov 17, 3:23 PM PSTWind AdvisoryEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino36 hr

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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.