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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 12, 201620 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this frost advisory at Apr 12, 2016, 1:46 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 13, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2016, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 30 counties

Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 6:19 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX4 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Virginia, 2016Frost Advisories in Maryland, 2016Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2016Every frost advisory in 2016

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.