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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 30, 2021Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 30, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It took effect at May 31, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
In effect from
May 31, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 31, 2021, 6:56 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-30Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

927 
WWUS71 KBUF 302115
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
515 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

NYZ019>021-310515-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0007.210531T0400Z-210531T1200Z/
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Jamestown, Olean, and Wellsville
515 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

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

* WHERE...The western Southern Tier.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
053 
WWUS71 KBUF 310200
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1000 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

NYZ019>021-311000-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0007.210531T0400Z-210531T1200Z/
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Jamestown, Olean, and Wellsville
1000 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

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

* WHERE...The western Southern Tier.

* WHEN...Until 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.

&&

$$
280 
WWUS71 KBUF 310817
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
417 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021

NYZ019>021-311200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210531T1200Z/
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Jamestown, Olean, and Wellsville
417 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

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

* WHERE...The western Southern Tier.

* WHEN...Until 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.

&&

$$
825 
WWUS71 KBUF 311056
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
656 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021

NYZ019>021-311200-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210531T1200Z/
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Jamestown, Olean, and Wellsville
656 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Frost
Advisory. 

Temperatures have begun to warm up into the low 40s shortly after
sunrise, thus frost is no longer expected.

$$

EAJ

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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.