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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 9, 2017, 3:09 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 10, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2017, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2017, 3:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358 WWUS71 KPHI 091909 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 309 PM EDT Tue May 9 2017 PAZ054-055-100715- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0003.170510T0400Z-170510T1200Z/ Carbon-Monroe- Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg 309 PM EDT Tue May 9 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Frost Advisory, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Wednesday. * TEMPERATURES...as low as the mid 30s. * TIMING...Frost is possible from after midnight tonight through a few hours after sunrise Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed or damaged if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$ SFJ
1 follow-up statement
500 WWUS71 KPHI 100711 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 311 AM EDT Wed May 10 2017 PAZ054-055-100815- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170510T1200Z/ Carbon-Monroe- Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg 311 AM EDT Wed May 10 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has cancelled the Frost Advisory. Temperatures will remain in the upper 30s to low 40s, and widespread frost will not develop. $$ MPS
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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.