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Frost Advisory 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 8, 20224 counties in New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware; Delaware County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Nov 8, 2022, 5:49 PM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware; Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 9, 2022, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 2022, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2022, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 9, 2022, 3:06 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-11-08Temperature 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 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
2191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

141 
WWUS71 KPHI 082249
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
549 PM EST Tue Nov 8 2022

NJZ019-PAZ104-106-091300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0005.221109T0600Z-221109T1300Z/
Northwestern Burlington-Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Moorestown, Mount Holly, Norristown, 
Lansdale, Morrisville, and Doylestown
549 PM EST Tue Nov 8 2022

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Minimum temperatures as low as 31 degrees. This will 
  also result in some areas of frost formation.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Northwestern Burlington. In 
  Pennsylvania, Eastern Montgomery and Lower Bucks.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other
  sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

DEZ001-NJZ016>018-021-PAZ070-091300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0009.221109T0600Z-221109T1300Z/
New Castle-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-Cumberland-Delaware-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Pennsville, Glassboro, 
Camden, Cherry Hill, Millville, and Media
549 PM EST Tue Nov 8 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Minimum temperatures from 33 to 35 degrees will result 
  in some areas of frost formation.

* WHERE...In Delaware, New Castle. In New Jersey, Salem, 
  Gloucester, Camden and Cumberland. In Pennsylvania, Delaware.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Wednesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Staarmann
1 follow-up statement
784 
WWUS71 KPHI 090806
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
306 AM EST Wed Nov 9 2022

NJZ019-PAZ104-106-090915-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-221109T1300Z/
Northwestern Burlington-Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Moorestown, Mount Holly, Norristown, 
Lansdale, Morrisville, and Doylestown
306 AM EST Wed Nov 9 2022

...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

A northeast wind around 5 to 10 MPH will prevent temperatures 
from falling to the freezing mark early this morning. As a result,
the Freeze Warning has been cancelled.

$$

DEZ001-NJZ016>018-021-PAZ070-090915-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-221109T1300Z/
New Castle-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-Cumberland-Delaware-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Pennsville, Glassboro, 
Camden, Cherry Hill, Millville, and Media
306 AM EST Wed Nov 9 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

A northeast wind around 5 to 10 MPH will prevent frost from 
developing early this morning. As a result, the Frost Advisory has
been cancelled.

$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 5:49 PM ESTFreeze WarningPHIBurlington9 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.