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Frost Advisory 4, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

October 12, 2021Monterey County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this frost advisory at Oct 12, 2021, 2:41 AM PDT for Monterey County, California. It took effect at Oct 13, 2021, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2021, 2:41 AM PDT (09:41 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2021, 2:00 AM PDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2021, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

County Monterey County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2021-10-12Temperature 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2021-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -174 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

849 
WWUS76 KMTR 120941
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
241 AM PDT Tue Oct 12 2021

CAZ516-121600-
/O.NEW.KMTR.FR.Y.0004.211013T0900Z-211013T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMTR.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-211012T1600Z/
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Including the cities of Greenfield and King City
241 AM PDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Frost Advisory, temperatures as low as 33 
  will result in frost formation. For the second Frost Advisory, 
  temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San 
  Antonio.

* WHEN...For the first Frost Advisory, until 9 AM PDT this 
  morning. For the second Frost Advisory, from 2 AM to 9 AM PDT 
  Wednesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/mtr
4 follow-up statements
751 
WWUS76 KMTR 121425
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
725 AM PDT Tue Oct 12 2021

CAZ516-122230-
/O.CAN.KMTR.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-211012T1600Z/
/O.CON.KMTR.FR.Y.0004.211013T0900Z-211013T1600Z/
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Including the cities of Greenfield and King City
725 AM PDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY MORNING IS CANCELLED...

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

* WHERE...Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San 
  Antonio.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Wednesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/mtr
919 
WWUS76 KMTR 122224
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
324 PM PDT Tue Oct 12 2021

CAZ516-131200-
/O.CON.KMTR.FR.Y.0004.211013T0900Z-211013T1600Z/
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Including the cities of Greenfield and King City
324 PM PDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San 
  Antonio.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Wednesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/mtr
254 
WWUS76 KMTR 131119
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
419 AM PDT Wed Oct 13 2021

CAZ516-131600-
/O.CON.KMTR.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-211013T1600Z/
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Including the cities of Greenfield and King City
419 AM PDT Wed Oct 13 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 could result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San
  Antonio...especially around King City and southward.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/mtr
638 
WWUS76 KMTR 131548
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
848 AM PDT Wed Oct 13 2021

CAZ516-131700-
/O.EXP.KMTR.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-211013T1600Z/
Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio-
Including the cities of Greenfield and King City
848 AM PDT Wed Oct 13 2021

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

Temperatures will continue to warm through the morning 
ending the threat for frost development.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/mtr

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 2:50 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR4 days
Oct 12, 2:29 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR37 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.