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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Medford, OR

May 16, 2017Curry County, Jackson County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this frost advisory at May 16, 2017, 9:28 PM PDT for Curry County, Jackson County, Josephine County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at May 17, 2017, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2017, 9:28 PM PDT (04:28 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2017, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 17, 2017, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2017-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 2:41 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFR8 days

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.