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Frost Advisory 43, NWS Eureka, CA

September 28, 2021Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Trinity County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Sep 28, 2021, 1:04 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Trinity County, California. It took effect at Sep 29, 2021, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2021, 1:04 PM PDT (20:04 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2021, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2021, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
9 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 20:09 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, 8.1 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 2021-09-28Temperature 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 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 2021-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

946 
WWUS76 KEKA 282004
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
104 PM PDT Tue Sep 28 2021

CAZ106-108-110-111-290515-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0043.210929T0700Z-210929T1600Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-Southern Trinity-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
104 PM PDT Tue Sep 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Southern Humboldt Interior, Southern Trinity, Northwestern
  Mendocino Interior, and Northeastern Mendocino Interior.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM Wednesday.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Normally colder areas may briefly dip to near
  freezing around sunrise.

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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
158 
WWUS76 KEKA 290338
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
838 PM PDT Tue Sep 28 2021

CAZ106-108-110-111-291145-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0043.210929T0700Z-210929T1600Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-Southern Trinity-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
838 PM PDT Tue Sep 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM PDT Wednesday.

* 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.

&&

$$
540 
WWUS76 KEKA 291011
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
311 AM PDT Wed Sep 29 2021

CAZ106-291115-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FR.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-210929T1600Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-
311 AM PDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Clouds have moved in and temperature are not as cold as expected.

$$

CAZ108-110-111-291600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-210929T1600Z/
Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
311 AM PDT Wed Sep 29 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, Northwestern Mendocino Interior and 
  Northeastern Mendocino 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.

&&

$$
635 
WWUS76 KEKA 291548
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
848 AM PDT Wed Sep 29 2021

CAZ108-110-111-291700-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-210929T1600Z/
Southern Trinity-Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
848 AM PDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...


$$

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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.