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Frost Advisory 8, NWS San Diego, CA

December 19, 2021Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this frost advisory at Dec 19, 2021, 2:28 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Dec 19, 2021, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2021, 2:28 AM PST (10:28 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2021, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 20, 2021, 8:00 AM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2021-12-19Temperature 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2021-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
3393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

101 
WWUS76 KSGX 191028
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
228 AM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

CAZ048-061-062-191830-
/O.NEW.KSGX.FR.Y.0008.211220T0600Z-211220T1600Z/
/O.CON.KSGX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-211219T1600Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, 
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Indio, 
Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, 
La Quinta, Coachella, and Borrego Springs
228 AM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 28 will result in frost formation. 
 
* WHERE...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland 
  Empire, Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts.

* WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, until 8 AM PST this morning and
  again overnight until 8 AM PST Monday.

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

*PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

CAZ050-191600-
/O.CON.KSGX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-211219T1600Z/
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
228 AM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 28 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...The Inland Empire, San Diego County Valleys and San 
  Diego County Deserts.

* WHEN...Through 8 AM Sunday.

* 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/sandiego
3 follow-up statements
261 
WWUS76 KSGX 192138
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
138 PM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

CAZ048-061-062-201600-
/O.CON.KSGX.FR.Y.0008.211220T0600Z-211220T1600Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, 
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Indio, 
Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, 
La Quinta, Coachella, and Borrego Springs
138 PM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM PST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 28 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland 
  Empire, Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts.

* WHEN...10 PM this evening through 8 AM Monday.

* 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/sandiego
728 
WWUS76 KSGX 200501
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
901 PM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

CAZ048-061-062-201400-
/O.CON.KSGX.FR.Y.0008.211220T0600Z-211220T1600Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, 
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Indio, 
Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, 
La Quinta, Coachella, and Borrego Springs
901 PM PST Sun Dec 19 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 28 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland 
  Empire, Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts.

* WHEN...Through 8 AM Monday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

jmb

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/sandiego
102 
WWUS76 KSGX 201219
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
419 AM PST Mon Dec 20 2021

CAZ048-061-062-201600-
/O.CON.KSGX.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211220T1600Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, 
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Indio, 
Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, 
La Quinta, Coachella, and Borrego Springs
419 AM PST Mon Dec 20 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 28 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland
  Empire, Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts. Frost
  will be more patchy in western San Diego County.

* WHEN...Through 8 AM Monday.

* 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/sandiego

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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.