Alert archive / New York / Frost Advisories in 2017
Frost Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 3, 2017, 2:11 PM EDT for Livingston County, Ontario County, New York. It took effect at May 4, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2017, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2017, 7:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
384 WWUS71 KBUF 031811 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 211 PM EDT Wed May 3 2017 NYZ013-014-040215- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.170504T0600Z-170504T1300Z/ Livingston-Ontario- Including the cities of Geneseo and Canandaigua 211 PM EDT Wed May 3 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Frost Advisory, which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday. * LOCATIONS...Far southern portions of Livingston and Ontario counties. * TIMING...From overnight tonight. * TEMPERATURES...In the mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Areas of frost are expected to develop tonight. Frost can damage outdoor tender vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside away from the cold. && $$ SMITH
3 follow-up statements
096 WWUS71 KBUF 040138 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 938 PM EDT Wed May 3 2017 NYZ013-014-041000- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.170504T0600Z-170504T1300Z/ Livingston-Ontario- Including the cities of Geneseo and Canandaigua 938 PM EDT Wed May 3 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...Livingston and Ontario counties, mainly in low-lying areas and in open fields. * TIMING...Overnight * TEMPERATURES...In the mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Areas of frost are expected to develop tonight. Frost can damage tender vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside away from the cold. && $$ Apffel
573 WWUS71 KBUF 040805 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 405 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017 NYZ013-014-041300- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170504T1300Z/ Livingston-Ontario- Including the cities of Geneseo and Canandaigua 405 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...Livingston and Ontario counties, mainly in low- lying areas and in open fields. * TIMING...Through this morning. * TEMPERATURES...In the mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Areas of frost are expected this morning. Frost can damage tender vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside away from the cold. && $$ Church
666 WWUS71 KBUF 041150 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 750 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017 NYZ013-014-041300- /O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170504T1300Z/ Livingston-Ontario- Including the cities of Geneseo and Canandaigua 750 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Frost Advisory. Temperatures are warming this morning and frost is no longer expected. $$ Wood
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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.