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Frost Advisory 12, NWS Eureka, CA

May 13, 2017Mendocino County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at May 13, 2017, 1:53 PM PDT for Mendocino County, Trinity County, California. It took effect at May 14, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2017, 1:53 PM PDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 14, 2017, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-05-13Temperature 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

625 
WWUS76 KEKA 132053
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
153 PM PDT Sat May 13 2017

CAZ107-108-110-111-141000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0012.170514T1000Z-170514T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
153 PM PDT Sat May 13 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 3 AM to 8 AM PDT Sunday. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Burnt Ranch...Trinity
  Center...Hayfork...Ruth...Laytonville...Willits... Covelo...

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
804 
WWUS76 KEKA 141000
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
300 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

CAZ107-108-110-111-141500-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170514T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
300 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Hayfork...Ruth...Leggett...Laytonville...
  Willits...Covelo...Weaverville...Burnt Ranch...Trinity Center.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
044 
WWUS76 KEKA 141012
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
312 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

CAZ107-108-110-111-141500-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170514T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
312 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE....Hayfork...Ruth...Leggett...Laytonville... 
  Willits...Covelo...Weaverville...Burnt ...Ranch...Trinity 
  Center.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

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

$$
691 
WWUS76 KEKA 141030
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
330 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

CAZ107-108-110-111-141500-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170514T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
330 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Hayfork...Ruth...Leggett...Laytonville...
  Willits...Covelo...Weaverville...Burnt Ranch...Trinity Center.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

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

$$
825 
WWUS76 KEKA 141501
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
801 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

CAZ107-108-110-111-141615-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170514T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
801 AM PDT Sun May 14 2017

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:33 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA6 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.