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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 8, 20228 counties in Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 8, 2022, 3:39 AM EDT for 8 counties in Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It took effect at Oct 9, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2022, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2022-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2022-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

845 
WWUS71 KPHI 080739
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
339 AM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-082045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.221009T0400Z-221009T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, 
and Stroudsburg
339 AM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Sussex and Warren. In Pennsylvania, 
  Carbon and Monroe.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Johnson
4 follow-up statements
422 
WWUS71 KPHI 081634
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1234 PM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

NJZ009-PAZ060>062-101-103-105-090600-
/O.EXA.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.221009T0400Z-221009T1200Z/
Hunterdon-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Western Chester-
Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Flemington, Reading, Allentown, 
Bethlehem, Easton, Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville, Pottstown, 
Chalfont, and Perkasie
1234 PM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Hunterdon. In Pennsylvania, Berks, 
  Lehigh, Northampton, Western Chester, Western Montgomery and 
  Upper Bucks.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-090600-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.221009T0400Z-221009T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, 
and Stroudsburg
1234 PM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Sussex and Warren. In Pennsylvania, 
  Carbon and Monroe.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

MPS
612 
WWUS71 KPHI 081916
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
316 PM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

NJZ001-007-009-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-091000-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.221009T0400Z-221009T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Hunterdon-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-
Western Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Flemington, 
Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, 
Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville, Pottstown, Chalfont, 
and Perkasie
316 PM EDT Sat Oct 8 2022

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Portions of northern New Jersey and southeast 
  Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

MPS
944 
WWUS71 KPHI 090530
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
130 AM EDT Sun Oct 9 2022

NJZ001-007-009-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-091200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-221009T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Hunterdon-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-
Western Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Flemington, 
Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, 
Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville, Pottstown, Chalfont, 
and Perkasie
130 AM EDT Sun Oct 9 2022

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of northern and northwest New Jersey and east 
  central, northeast and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT 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.

&&

$$

Johnson
226 
WWUS71 KPHI 091158
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
758 AM EDT Sun Oct 9 2022

NJZ001-007-009-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-091300-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-221009T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Hunterdon-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-
Western Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Flemington, 
Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, 
Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville, Pottstown, Chalfont, 
and Perkasie
758 AM EDT Sun Oct 9 2022

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

It is after sunrise, and temperatures continue to warm into the
upper 30s. Therefore, the Frost Advisory will expire at 8 am.

$$

MPS

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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.