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Freeze Warning 15, NWS Eureka, CA

November 28, 2019Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this freeze warning at Nov 28, 2019, 1:02 PM PST for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Nov 29, 2019, 2:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2019, 1:02 PM PST (21:02 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2019, 2:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 29, 2019, 9:00 AM PST
In force
7 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 21:00 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, 9.0 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 2019-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2019-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Nov 28, 5:33 AM PST, 7 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 5:33 AM PST, 7 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 12:21 PM PST, 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1221 PM PST Thu Nov 28 2019

CAZ101-103-109-292030-
Coastal Del Norte-Northern Humboldt Coast-Mendocino Coast-
1221 PM PST Thu Nov 28 2019

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST FRIDAY...

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest California.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A Freeze Warning is currently in effect for late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A Freeze Warning is currently in effect for early Friday.

Sub freezing temperatures are expected again Friday morning.

Another round of locally heavy rain and potentially strong
southerly winds is possible Saturday into Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

For further details please refer to NOAA Weather Radio or
weather.gov/eureka.

CAZ102-104>106-110>113-292030-
Del Norte Interior-Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
1221 PM PST Thu Nov 28 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest California.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Another round of locally heavy rain, mountain snow and potentially
strong southerly ridgetop winds is possible Saturday into Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

For further details please refer to NOAA Weather Radio or
weather.gov/eureka.

CAZ107-108-292030-
Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
1221 PM PST Thu Nov 28 2019

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest California.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A Winter Storm Watch is in effect Saturday morning through Sunday
morning.

Heavy snow is possible above 1500 feet Saturday and Saturday night.
Snow is expected to change over to rain on Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

For further details please refer to NOAA Weather Radio or
weather.gov/eureka.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 6:01 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA27 hr
Nov 28, 2:27 AM PSTGale WatchEKA24 hr
Nov 28, 4:08 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchEKAHumboldt, Mendocino, Trinity46 hr
Nov 28, 2:57 PM PSTStorm WatchEKA12 hr

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.