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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Eureka, CA

March 30, 2017Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Mar 30, 2017, 3:47 AM PDT for Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 31, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2017, 3:47 AM PDT (10:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2017, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2017, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
5 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 10:48 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-30Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

708 
WWUS76 KEKA 301047
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
347 AM PDT Thu Mar 30 2017

CAZ110>113-310000-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.170331T1000Z-170331T1500Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
347 AM PDT Thu Mar 30 2017

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

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Laytonville...Willits...
  Covelo...Boonville...Philo...Comptche and Potter Valley.

* 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
982 
WWUS76 KEKA 302355
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
455 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2017

CAZ110>113-311300-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.170331T1000Z-170331T1500Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
455 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM FRIDAY...

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

* 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.

$$
276 
WWUS76 KEKA 311456
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
756 AM PDT Fri Mar 31 2017

CAZ110>113-311600-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170331T1500Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
756 AM PDT Fri Mar 31 2017

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will warm quickly as the sun moves in.

$$

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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.