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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Duluth, MN

October 4, 20175 counties in Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this frost advisory at Oct 4, 2017, 3:09 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 5, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2017, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 5, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Cook County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-10-04Temperature 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 3:50 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH24 hr
Oct 3, 8:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHDouglas24 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.