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Frost Advisory 57, NWS Eureka, CA

December 4, 2021Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Dec 4, 2021, 2:08 PM PST for Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Dec 5, 2021, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2021, 2:08 PM PST (22:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2021, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 5, 2021, 9:00 AM PST
In force
8 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 22:14 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2021-12-04Temperature 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 2021-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WWUS76 KEKA 042208
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
208 PM PST Sat Dec 4 2021

CAZ105-106-109-113-115-050615-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0057.211205T0900Z-211205T1700Z/
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Mendocino Coast-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-Southern Lake-
208 PM PST Sat Dec 4 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM PST Sunday.

* 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
348 
WWUS76 KEKA 050541
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
941 PM PST Sat Dec 4 2021

CAZ105-106-109-113-115-051700-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0057.211205T0900Z-211205T1700Z/
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Mendocino Coast-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-Southern Lake-
941 PM PST Sat Dec 4 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost 
  formation.

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

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM PST Sunday.

* 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.

&&

$$
136 
WWUS76 KEKA 051645
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
845 AM PST Sun Dec 5 2021

CAZ105-106-109-113-115-051745-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-211205T1700Z/
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Mendocino Coast-Southeastern Mendocino Interior-Southern Lake-
845 AM PST Sun Dec 5 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
Dec 3, 8:53 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA6 hr
Dec 4, 2:53 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA60 hr
Dec 4, 2:11 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryEKAHumboldt23 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.