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Frost Advisory 14, NWS Medford, OR

December 12, 2016Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this frost advisory at Dec 12, 2016, 4:56 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 13, 2016, 3:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2016, 4:56 PM PST (00:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2016, 3:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 13, 2016, 9:00 AM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2016-12-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2016-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Dec 12, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 6:56 PM PSTGale WatchMFR20 hr
Dec 13, 3:19 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchMFRKlamath, Lake10 hr
Dec 13, 1:42 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRKlamath, Lake41 hr
Dec 13, 1:42 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMFRKlamath, Lake41 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake25 hr
Dec 13, 2:43 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMFRDouglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake19 hr
Dec 13, 3:08 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR31 hr
Dec 13, 3:08 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR24 hr
Dec 13, 3:30 PM PSTFlood WatchMFRCoos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath51 hr
Dec 13, 3:30 PM PSTFlood WatchMFRModoc, Siskiyou55 hr

Nearby

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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.