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Frost Advisory 34, NWS Eureka, CA

May 7, 2021Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at May 7, 2021, 2:03 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Trinity County, California. It took effect at May 8, 2021, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2021, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2021, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 8, 2021, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Trinity County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2021-05-07Temperature 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2021-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

151 
WWUS76 KEKA 072103
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
203 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021

CAZ103-105>108-111-080515-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0034.210508T0800Z-210508T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
203 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Northern Humboldt Coast, Northern Humboldt Interior, 
  Southern Humboldt Interior, Northern Trinity, Southern Trinity 
  and Northeastern Mendocino Interior Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM PDT Saturday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local
growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture
experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will
no longer be issued until the spring.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
639 
WWUS76 KEKA 080519
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1019 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021

CAZ103-105>108-111-081600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0034.210508T0800Z-210508T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
1019 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY...

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

* WHERE...Sheltered colder valleys in Southern Trinity, Northern
  Humboldt Coast, Northeastern Mendocino Interior, Northern
  Humboldt Interior, Northern Trinity and Southern Humboldt
  Interior.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT Saturday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local
growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture
experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will
no longer be issued until the spring.

&&

$$
437 
WWUS76 KEKA 081037
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
337 AM PDT Sat May 8 2021

CAZ103-105>108-111-081600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-210508T1600Z/
Northern Humboldt Coast-Northern Humboldt Interior-
Southern Humboldt Interior-Northern Trinity-Southern Trinity-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
337 AM PDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Southern Trinity, Northern Humboldt Coast, 
  Northeastern Mendocino Interior, Northern Humboldt Interior, 
  Northern Trinity and Southern Humboldt Interior Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT this morning.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local
growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture
experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will
no longer be issued until the spring.

&&

$$

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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.