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Frost Advisory 37, NWS Eureka, CA

December 2, 2018Del Norte County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Dec 2, 2018, 11:42 AM PST for Del Norte County, California. It took effect at Dec 3, 2018, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2018, 11:42 AM PST (19:42 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2018, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 2, 2018, 9:59 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

County Del Norte County, CA

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2018-12-02Temperature 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 2018-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

154 
WWUS76 KEKA 021942
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1142 AM PST Sun Dec 2 2018


CAZ102-103-109-112-030845-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FZ.A.0004.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FZ.W.0016.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
1142 AM PST Sun Dec 2 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Freeze
Warning...which is in effect from midnight tonight to 9 AM PST
Monday. The Freeze Watch is no longer in effect. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...upper 20s to lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Gasquet...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...
  ...Fort Bragg...Point Arena...Boonville...Comptche.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ101-030845-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FZ.A.0004.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0037.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
1142 AM PST Sun Dec 2 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from midnight tonight to 9 AM PST
Monday. The Freeze Watch is no longer in effect.

* LOW TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
015 
WWUS76 KEKA 030559
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
959 PM PST Sun Dec 2 2018

CAZ101-031700-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FR.Y.0037.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
/O.EXA.KEKA.FZ.W.0016.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
Coastal Del Norte-
959 PM PST Sun Dec 2 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST MONDAY...

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

* LOW TEMPERATURES...lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Crescent City.

* 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.

&&

$$

CAZ102-103-109-112-031700-
/O.CON.KEKA.FZ.W.0016.181203T0800Z-181203T1700Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
959 PM PST Sun Dec 2 2018

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST MONDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...upper 20s to lower 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...Gasquet...
  Boonville...Comptche....

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 3:05 AM PSTGale WatchEKA12 hr
Dec 2, 4:30 AM PSTFreeze WatchEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino7 hr
Dec 2, 11:42 AM PSTFreeze WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino21 hr
Dec 2, 2:54 PM PSTGale WarningEKA54 hr
Dec 2, 2:54 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA33 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.