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Frost Advisory 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 28, 2016Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 28, 2016, 9:51 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 2016, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-10-29Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

382 
WWUS71 KPHI 290151
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
951 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2016


NJZ012-013-015-291300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0012.161029T0151Z-161029T1300Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON
951 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 30'S.

* TIMING... THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TOWARD SUNRISE.

* IMPACTS... OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS COULD BE DAMAGED
  OR KILLED BY THE FROST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
380 
WWUS71 KPHI 290746
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2016

NJZ012-013-015-291300-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161029T1300Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON
346 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2016

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE
  FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT
UNPROTECTED.

&&

$$

IOVINO
517 
WWUS71 KPHI 291258
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
858 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2016

NJZ012-013-015-291400-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161029T1300Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON
858 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2016

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

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING THROUGH THE MORNING. NO MORE FROST IS
EXPECTED. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE THREE COUNTIES HAS ENDED.

$$

PO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 3:42 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI24 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 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.