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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Chicago, IL

May 10, 2020Lee County, Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2020, 2:35 PM CDT for Lee County, Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at May 11, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2020, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 10, 2020, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Lee County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2020-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2020-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.