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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Elko, NV

June 28, 20206 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this frost advisory at Jun 28, 2020, 1:31 PM PDT for 6 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Jun 29, 2020, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2020, 1:31 PM PDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 29, 2020, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 29, 2020, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2020-06-28Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2020-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 5:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNHumboldt44 min
Jun 27, 5:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNHumboldt45 min
Jun 27, 5:58 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko, Eureka92 min

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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.