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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 8, 2017Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this frost advisory at May 8, 2017, 11:42 PM EDT for Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2017, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2017-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2017-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

229 
WWUS71 KBOX 090342
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1142 PM EDT Mon May 8 2017

MAZ017>021-091100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.170509T0342Z-170509T1100Z/
Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-
Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-
Including the cities of Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, 
New Bedford, and Mattapoisett
1142 PM EDT Mon May 8 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Frost
Advisory, which is in effect until 7 AM EDT Tuesday.

* Location...Bristol and Plymouth counties. 

* Temperatures...in the lower to mid 30s across the normally
  colder locations of interior southeast Massachusetts.

* Timing...through 7 AM Tuesday morning.

* Impacts...Localized patchy frost. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected.
Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
990 
WWUS71 KBOX 091042
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Taunton MA
642 AM EDT Tue May 9 2017

MAZ017>021-091145-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170509T1100Z/
Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-
Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-
Including the cities of Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, 
New Bedford, and Mattapoisett
642 AM EDT Tue May 9 2017

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures were already starting to rise, so the frost advisory
for southeast MA will be allowed to expire on time at 7 am.

$$

Frank

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:39 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX4 hr

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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.