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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 17, 202510 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Apr 17, 2025, 5:32 PM EDT for 10 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 18, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2025, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2025, 6:32 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2025-04-17Temperature 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 2025-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

008 
WWUS71 KPHI 172132
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
532 PM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

NJZ012-013-015>022-027-181200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.250418T0400Z-250418T1200Z/
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Southeastern
Burlington-
Including the cities of Mount Holly, Trenton, Hammonton, Jackson,
Millville, Wharton State Forest, Pennsville, Moorestown, Cherry
Hill, Glassboro, Freehold, New Brunswick, and Camden
532 PM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

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

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

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

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

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Staarmann
2 follow-up statements
481 
WWUS71 KPHI 180635
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
235 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

NJZ012-013-015>022-027-181200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250418T1200Z/
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Southeastern
Burlington-
Including the cities of Cherry Hill, Trenton, New Brunswick,
Glassboro, Camden, Pennsville, Moorestown, Millville, Wharton
State Forest, Mount Holly, Hammonton, Freehold, and Jackson
235 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

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

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

* WHERE...Portions of New Jersey.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

MPS
933 
WWUS71 KPHI 181032
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
632 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

NJZ012-013-015>022-027-181145-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250418T1200Z/
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Southeastern
Burlington-
Including the cities of Cherry Hill, Trenton, New Brunswick,
Glassboro, Camden, Pennsville, Moorestown, Millville, Wharton
State Forest, Mount Holly, Hammonton, Freehold, and Jackson
632 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Any patchy frost will melt off this morning after sunrise and with 
temperatures rising into the 40s.

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 12:53 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI65 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.