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Frost Advisory 19, NWS Eureka, CA

December 1, 2016Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Dec 1, 2016, 2:10 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Dec 2, 2016, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2016, 2:10 PM PST (22:10 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 2, 2016, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 2, 2016, 9:00 AM PST
In force
9 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 22:08 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 12:00Z, 10.2 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-01Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WWUS76 KEKA 012210
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
210 PM PST THU DEC 1 2016

CAZ101>106-109-112-021115-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0019.161202T0800Z-161202T1700Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-MENDOCINO COAST-
SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
210 PM PST THU DEC 1 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PST
FRIDAY...

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

* LOW TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S.

* LOCATION INCLUDE...GASQUET...KLAMATH...ARCATA...MCKINLEYVILLE
  ...BLUE LAKE...EUREKA...MYRTLETOWN...FORTUNA...ROHNERVILLE...
  CUTTEN...PATROLIA...HONEYDEW...ETTERSBERG...WILLOW
  CREEK...ORLEANS...WEITCHPEC...HOOPA...GARBERVILLE...BENBOW...
  SCOTIA...DINSMORE...WEOTT...MYERS FLAT...BRIDGEVILLE...
  BOONVILLE...AND COMPTCHE.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
791 
WWUS76 KEKA 021156
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
356 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2016

CAZ101>106-109-112-021700-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161202T1700Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-MENDOCINO COAST-
SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
356 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S.

* LOCATION INCLUDE...GASQUET...KLAMATH...ARCATA...MCKINLEYVILLE 
  BLUE ...LAKE...EUREKA...MYRTLETOWN...FORTUNA...ROHNERVILLE... 
  CUTTEN...PATROLIA...HONEYDEW...ETTERSBERG...WILLOW CREEK... 
  ORLEANS...WEITCHPEC...HOOPA...GARBERVILLE...BENBOW... SCOTIA...
   DINSMORE...WEOTT...MYERS FLAT...BRIDGEVILLE... BOONVILLE...
  AND COMPTCHE. 

* 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.

&&

$$
810 
WWUS76 KEKA 021652
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
852 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2016


CAZ101>106-109-112-021800-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161202T1700Z/
COASTAL DEL NORTE-DEL NORTE INTERIOR-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST-
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT-NORTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT INTERIOR-MENDOCINO COAST-
SOUTHWESTERN MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
852 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2016

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE LOW 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM UP THIS MORNING WITH DAYTIME HEATING.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.


$$

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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.