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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Eureka, CA

March 4, 2018Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Mar 4, 2018, 2:17 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Mar 4, 2018, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2018, 2:17 PM PST (22:17 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 5, 2018, 9:00 AM PST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2018-03-04Temperature 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 2018-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

813 
WWUS76 KEKA 042217
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
217 PM PST Sun Mar 4 2018

CAZ101-103-109>113-051130-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0001.180305T0600Z-180305T1700Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
217 PM PST Sun Mar 4 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 10 PM this evening to 9 AM PST
Monday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...Upper 20s to mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City...Arcata...Eureka...
  Fortuna...Fort Bragg...Point Arena...Leggett...
  Laytonville...Willits...Covelo...Boonville...Comptche...
  Ukiah...Hopland...Klamath.

* 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
597 
WWUS76 KEKA 050918
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
118 AM PST Mon Mar 5 2018

CAZ110>113-051700-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180305T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0001.180305T0918Z-180305T1700Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
118 AM PST Mon Mar 5 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect until 9 AM PST this morning. The
Frost Advisory is no longer in effect. 

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits...
  Covelo...Boonville...Comptche...Potter Valley...Ukiah.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ101-103-109-051700-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180305T1700Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
118 AM PST Mon Mar 5 2018

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

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Fort Bragg...Point Arena...Crescent
  City...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna.

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

$$
261 
WWUS76 KEKA 051651
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
851 AM PST Mon Mar 5 2018

CAZ110>113-051800-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180305T1700Z/
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
851 AM PST Mon Mar 5 2018

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

$$

CAZ101-103-109-051800-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180305T1700Z/
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
851 AM PST Mon Mar 5 2018

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 2:11 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino38 hr

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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.