Alert archive / New Jersey / Frost Advisories in 2016
Frost Advisory 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:42 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 24 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.