Alert archive / Montana / Frost Advisories in 2021

Frost Advisory 1, NWS Missoula, MT

August 23, 20217 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this frost advisory at Aug 23, 2021, 1:21 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Aug 24, 2021, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2021, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 24, 2021, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 9:00 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-23Temperature 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

739 
WWUS75 KMSO 231921
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
121 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

MTZ001-003>005-241500-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FR.Y.0001.210824T0900Z-210824T1500Z/
Kootenai/Cabinet Region-Flathead/Mission Valleys-
Lower Clark Fork Region-Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys-
121 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 to 40 degrees will result in
  areas of frost formation. 

* WHERE...Kootenai/Cabinet Region, Flathead/Mission Valleys, 
  Lower Clark Fork Region and Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM MDT Tuesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
656 
WWUS75 KMSO 241447
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
847 AM MDT Tue Aug 24 2021

MTZ001-003>005-241600-
/O.EXP.KMSO.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210824T1500Z/
Kootenai/Cabinet Region-Flathead/Mission Valleys-
Lower Clark Fork Region-Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys-
847 AM MDT Tue Aug 24 2021

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

Temperatures are warming, the threat of frost is ending.

$$

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Montana, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

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.