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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Eureka, CA

March 27, 2017Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Mar 27, 2017, 3:43 PM PDT for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 28, 2017, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2017, 3:43 PM PDT (22:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2017, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2017, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2017-03-27Temperature 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2017-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

344 
WWUS76 KEKA 272243
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
343 PM PDT Mon Mar 27 2017

CAZ110-113-281145-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0005.170328T0800Z-170328T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
343 PM PDT Mon Mar 27 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM PDT Tuesday. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Interior valleys of Mendocino County. 

* 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
196 
WWUS76 KEKA 280016
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
516 PM PDT Mon Mar 27 2017

...High pressure, calm winds and clear skies will bring frost 
tonight...

.Temperatures in the interior valleys away from the coast are
expected to drop into the mid 30s which will allow frost to form
in some areas.

CAZ111-281315-
/O.EXA.KEKA.FR.Y.0005.170328T0800Z-170328T1600Z/
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
516 PM PDT Mon Mar 27 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM PDT Tuesday. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo and other valleys in northeast
  Mendocino county.

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

$$

CAZ110-113-281315-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0005.170328T0800Z-170328T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
516 PM PDT Mon Mar 27 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Hopland...Leggett... Laytonville...
  Willits...Potter Valley and other outlying valleys in Mendocino
  county.

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

$$
857 
WWUS76 KEKA 281006
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
306 AM PDT Tue Mar 28 2017


CAZ110-111-113-281600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170328T1600Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
306 AM PDT Tue Mar 28 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Leggett... Laytonville... Willits...Potter
  Valley and 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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:20 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA7 days

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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.