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Frost Advisory 55, NWS Eureka, CA

November 25, 2021Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Nov 25, 2021, 1:21 PM PST for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Nov 26, 2021, 3:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2021, 1:21 PM PST (21:21 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2021, 3:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 26, 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 21:22 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, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2021-11-25Temperature 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 2021-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

581 
WWUS76 KEKA 252121
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
121 PM PST Thu Nov 25 2021

CAZ106-109-112-113-260530-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0055.211126T1100Z-211126T1700Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
121 PM PST Thu Nov 25 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST FRIDAY...

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

* WHERE...Southern Humboldt Interior, Mendocino Coast, 
  Southwestern Mendocino Interior and Southeastern Mendocino 
  Interior Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM PST Friday.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures in interior valleys is
  expected overnight. Light winds and strong valley inversions 
  are expected. Lingering midlevel clouds could keep northern 
  areas bit warmer.

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
018 
WWUS76 KEKA 260519
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
919 PM PST Thu Nov 25 2021

CAZ106-109-112-113-261330-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0055.211126T1100Z-211126T1700Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
919 PM PST Thu Nov 25 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PST
FRIDAY...

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

* WHERE...Mendocino Coast, Southwestern Mendocino Interior, 
  Southern Humboldt Interior and Southeastern Mendocino Interior 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM PST Friday.

* 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.

&&

$$
938 
WWUS76 KEKA 261322
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
522 AM PST Fri Nov 26 2021

CAZ106-109-112-113-261700-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-211126T1700Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
522 AM PST Fri Nov 26 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Mendocino Coast, Southwestern Mendocino Interior, 
  Southern Humboldt Interior and Southeastern Mendocino Interior 
  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.

&&

$$
907 
WWUS76 KEKA 261647
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
847 AM PST Fri Nov 26 2021

CAZ106-109-112-113-261800-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-211126T1700Z/
Southern Humboldt Interior-Mendocino Coast-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
847 AM PST Fri Nov 26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 3:04 AM PSTFrost AdvisoryEKAHumboldt, Mendocino6 hr

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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.