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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Gray, ME

June 9, 2018Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this frost advisory at Jun 9, 2018, 10:39 PM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Jun 10, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2018, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 10, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 10, 2018, 7:21 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Coos County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2018-06-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2018-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Jun 9, 10:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
229 PM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

MEZ007-008-NHZ001-002-101830-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Northern Coos-Southern Coos-
229 PM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maine and northern
New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Frost Advisory.

Dry air, a clear sky, and light winds will allow the temperature too
cool efficiently tonight, leading to the potential for frost in
valley locations.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Frost Advisory.

Another night of cool, dry air will bring another chance of frost
Sunday night into early Monday morning.

Moisture surging northward ahead of a cold front could lead to the
development of thunderstorms during the day on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MEZ009-101830-
Central Somerset-
229 PM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Dry air, a clear sky, and light winds will allow the temperature too
cool efficiently tonight, leading to the potential for frost in
valley locations.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Another night of cool, dry air will bring another chance of frost
Sunday night into early Monday morning.

Moisture surging northward ahead of a cold front could lead to the
development of thunderstorms during the day on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ150>154-101830-
Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM-
Penobscot Bay-
Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM-
Casco Bay-
Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out
25 NM-
229 PM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MEZ023>028-NHZ014-101830-
Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Coastal Rockingham-
229 PM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine,
southwest Maine and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MEZ012>014-018>022-NHZ003>013-015-101830-
Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York-
Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-
Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-
Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough-
Interior Rockingham-Western And Central Hillsborough-
229 PM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine,
southwest Maine, western Maine, New Hampshire, central New
Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Moisture surging northward ahead of a cold front could lead to the
development of thunderstorms during the day on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:25 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York24 hr
Jun 10, 3:01 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Oxford16 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Maine, 2018Frost Advisories in New Hampshire, 2018Every frost advisory in 2018

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.