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Frost Advisory 54, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Nov 25, 2021, 3:04 AM PST for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2021, 3:04 AM PST (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2021, 9:00 AM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
Counties Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 266 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
511 WWUS76 KEKA 251104 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 304 AM PST Thu Nov 25 2021 CAZ104>106-109-112-113-115-251700- /O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0054.211125T1104Z-211125T1700Z/ Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior- Southern Humboldt Interior-Mendocino Coast- Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior- Southern Lake- 304 AM PST Thu Nov 25 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Southwestern Humboldt, Northern Humboldt Interior, Southern Humboldt Interior, Mendocino Coast, Southwestern Mendocino Interior, Southeastern Mendocino Interior and Southern Lake Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM PST 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
763 WWUS76 KEKA 251645 NPWEKA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Eureka CA 845 AM PST Thu Nov 25 2021 CAZ104>106-109-112-113-115-251745- /O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-211125T1700Z/ Southwestern Humboldt-Northern Humboldt Interior- Southern Humboldt Interior-Mendocino Coast- Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior- Southern Lake- 845 AM PST Thu Nov 25 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 1:21 PM PST | Frost Advisory | EKA | Humboldt, Mendocino | 20 hr |
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.