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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 20, 20228 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 20, 2022, 12:56 PM EDT for 8 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It took effect at Oct 21, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 20, 2022, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 21, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 21, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 12:00Z on 2022-10-20Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

103 
WWUS71 KPHI 201656
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 20 2022

DEZ001-NJZ012-013-015>019-021-PAZ070-104-106-211000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0007.221021T0400Z-221021T1300Z/
New Castle-Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-
Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Cumberland-Delaware-
Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, New Brunswick, Freehold, 
Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, 
Mount Holly, Millville, Media, Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 20 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

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

* WHERE...Portions of northern Delaware, central, northern and 
  southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Friday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
672 
WWUS71 KPHI 210749
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
349 AM EDT Fri Oct 21 2022

DEZ001-NJZ012-013-015>019-021-PAZ070-104-106-211300-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-221021T1300Z/
New Castle-Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-
Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Cumberland-Delaware-
Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, New Brunswick, Freehold, 
Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, 
Mount Holly, Millville, Media, Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
349 AM EDT Fri Oct 21 2022

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

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

* WHERE...Portions of northern Delaware, central, northern and 
  southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...Until 9 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.

&&

$$

Staarmann
366 
WWUS71 KPHI 211236
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
836 AM EDT Fri Oct 21 2022

DEZ001-NJZ012-013-015>019-021-PAZ070-104-106-211345-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-221021T1300Z/
New Castle-Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-
Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Cumberland-Delaware-
Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, New Brunswick, Freehold, 
Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, 
Mount Holly, Millville, Media, Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
836 AM EDT Fri Oct 21 2022

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

Temperatures are warming up.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 3:51 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI20 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.