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Frost Advisory 13, NWS Eureka, CA

May 16, 2017Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at May 16, 2017, 2:54 PM PDT for Trinity County, California. It took effect at May 17, 2017, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2017, 2:54 PM PDT (21:54 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2017, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 17, 2017, 4:19 AM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2017-05-16Temperature 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 2017-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

434 
WWUS76 KEKA 162154
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
254 PM PDT Tue May 16 2017

CAZ107-108-171100-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0013.170517T0800Z-170517T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
254 PM PDT Tue May 16 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 8 AM PDT Wednesday. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Burnt Ranch...Trinity
  Center...Hayfork...Ruth and Hyampom.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
037 
WWUS76 KEKA 170529
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1029 PM PDT Tue May 16 2017

CAZ107-108-171500-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0013.170517T0800Z-170517T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
1029 PM PDT Tue May 16 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Burnt Ranch...Trinity
  Center...Hayfork...Ruth and Hyampom.

* TEMPERATURES...Falling to 33 to 36 degrees.

* 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.

$$
706 
WWUS76 KEKA 171119
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
419 AM PDT Wed May 17 2017

CAZ107-108-171500-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-170517T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0005.170517T1119Z-170517T1500Z/
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
419 AM PDT Wed May 17 2017

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect until 8 AM PDT this morning. The
Frost Advisory is no longer in effect. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...upper 20S to lower 30S.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Weaverville...Burnt Ranch...Trinity
  Center...Hayfork...Ruth.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:53 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA4 days

Nearby

Frost Advisories in California, 2017Every frost advisory in 2017

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.