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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Burlington, VT

May 23, 2021Essex County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this frost advisory at May 23, 2021, 7:19 PM EDT for Essex County, Vermont. It took effect at May 24, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2021, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 24, 2021, 7:20 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

County Essex County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

434 
WWUS71 KBTV 232319
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Burlington VT
719 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021

VTZ004-241200-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FR.Y.0004.210524T0600Z-210524T1200Z/
Essex-
Including the city of Island Pond
719 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Essex County, Vermont.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left
  uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
230 
WWUS71 KBTV 241120
NPWBTV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Burlington VT
720 AM EDT Mon May 24 2021

VTZ004-241230-
/O.CAN.KBTV.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210524T1200Z/
Essex-
Including the city of Island Pond
720 AM EDT Mon May 24 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have risen above freezing across the area with the
the threat of frost having ended.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison, Chittenden, Grand Isle60 min

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.