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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 9, 2021Lake County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this frost advisory at Jan 9, 2021, 3:01 AM EST for Lake County, Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 10, 2021, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2021, 3:01 AM EST (08:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2021, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 10, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

044 
WWUS72 KMLB 090801
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
301 AM EST Sat Jan 9 2021

FLZ041-044-141-101300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.FR.Y.0001.210110T0900Z-210110T1300Z/
Inland Volusia-Northern Lake-Coastal Volusia-
Including the cities of Debary, Deland, Deltona, Eustis, 
Mount Dora, Leesburg, Tavares, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, 
and Ormond Beach
301 AM EST Sat Jan 9 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 to 36 degrees will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Volusia, and Northern Lake Counties.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Watson
1 follow-up statement
495 
WWUS72 KMLB 091336
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
836 AM EST Sat Jan 9 2021

FLZ144-101300-
/O.EXA.KMLB.FR.Y.0001.210110T0900Z-210110T1300Z/
Southern Lake-
Including the cities of Clermont, Mascotte, and Groveland
836 AM EST Sat Jan 9 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 to 37 degrees will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Southern Lake County.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

FLZ041-044-141-101300-
/O.CON.KMLB.FR.Y.0001.210110T0900Z-210110T1300Z/
Inland Volusia-Northern Lake-Coastal Volusia-
Including the cities of Debary, Deland, Deltona, Eustis, 
Mount Dora, Leesburg, Tavares, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, 
and Ormond Beach
836 AM EST Sat Jan 9 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 to 36 degrees will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Volusia, and Northern Lake Counties.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Leahy

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 3:07 AM ESTRip Current StatementMLBVolusia15 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.