Alert archive / Hawaii / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Dec 19, 2005, 6:13 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2005, 6:13 PM HST (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2005, 8:10 PM HST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWHW70 PHFO 200413 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 613 PM HST MON DEC 19 2005 ...STRONG WINDS AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ON THE BIG ISLAND... .OVERVIEW...THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOW TO OUR NORTH AND A RIDGE TO OUR SOUTHWEST IS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA. HIZ028-201000- /X.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0002.051220T0413Z-051220T1000Z/ /X.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.051220T1000Z-051220T1800Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 613 PM HST MON DEC 19 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM HST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM HST TUESDAY. WIND GAGES ON MAUNA KEA SHOW THAT WEST NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 TO 55 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE...DROPPING BELOW THE WARNING THRESHOLD BY MIDNIGHT AND BELOW THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD BY 8 AM. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWHW70 PHFO 200855 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1055 PM HST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE HIGH VOLCANOES ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... .A TROUGH ALOFT HAS SHIFTED EAST CAUSING WINDS TO WEAKEN ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. HIZ028-201000- /X.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051220T1000Z/ /X.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0006.051220T1000Z-051220T1800Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1055 PM HST MON DEC 19 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... INSTRUMENTS ON MAUNA KEA SHOW THAT WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW THE WARNING AND ADVISORY LEVEL. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 221357 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 357 AM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. .A COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN STARTING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS AND HALEAKALA SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE AT WARNING LEVELS UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT HALEAKALA AND LINGER THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. HIZ022-230200- /X.CON.PHFO.HW.A.0002.051223T0400Z-051224T0400Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 357 AM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES STARTING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ HIZ028-230200- /X.CON.PHFO.HW.A.0002.051223T0400Z-051224T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 357 AM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES STARTING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ PROTON
000 WWHW70 PHFO 230141 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 341 PM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. .A COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN STARTING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS AND HALEAKALA SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT WARNING LEVELS UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT HALEAKALA AND LINGER THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. HIZ022-231345- /X.EXT.PHFO.HW.A.0002.051223T0400Z-051224T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 341 PM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM HST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES STARTING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ HIZ028-231345- /X.CON.PHFO.HW.A.0002.051223T0400Z-051224T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 341 PM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM HST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES STARTING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 230610 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 810 PM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...SUMMIT WINDS WEAKER THAN EXPECTED... WHILE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND ACROSS THE SUMMITS OF HALEAKALA... MAUNA KEA...AND MAUNA LOA WILL BE MODERATELY STRONG TONIGHT AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS...THE WIND NO LONGER IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE CRITERIA FOR AN ADVISORY OR WARNING. ANYONE IN THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR UNUSUALLY STRONG GUSTS. HIZ022-028-230715- /X.CAN.PHFO.HW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-051224T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 810 PM HST THU DEC 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Dec 19, 4:00 PM HST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 4:00 PM HST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 PM HST MON DEC 19 2005 .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TONIGHT. THIS RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CHAIN THROUGH THURSDAY KEEPING THE WINDS ON THE LIGHT AND VARIABLE SIDE WITH LOCAL LAND AND SEA BREEZES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE STATE. A FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING GUSTY KONA WINDS BACK THE STATE. LIGHT WINDS WILL RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... A SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE ALOHA STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD HOLD IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY ON THURSDAY. A FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND WASHOUT OVER THE STATE ON FRIDAY. THE GFS HAD A FAIR HANDLE ON THE LAST SYSTEM THAT WENT THROUGH THE REGION YESTERDAY...AND PRETTY HIGH CONFIDENCE IS BEING PLACED ON THIS UPCOMING EVENT. TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE AREA WILL BE THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION AT ALL GAUGES AND COOL OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR THE REGION THIS WEEK ARE VERY DRY WITH INVERSION LAYERS ONLY 3000 TO 4000 FEET DEEP. THIS SHOULD ALLOW CONTINUED DRYING OF THE LOW LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND BELOW NORMAL NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES. THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER DRY ONE FOR THE ISLAND CHAIN. THE FRONT IS BEING DRIVEN SOUTH BY A 200 KNOT 250 MB JET. THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS RESIDE UNDER THE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF THE JET WHICH SHOULD PROMOTE GOOD MIXING DOWN OF THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS FOR GUSTY CONDITIONS. FOR NOW WILL INTRODUCE GUSTS ONLY ON THE SUMMITS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...HOWEVER STAY TUNED THIS EVENT HAS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE OTHER ISLANDS AS THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH. FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...MORE OF THE SAME WITH LIGHT WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. LONG TERM GFS KEEPS A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE CHAIN INTO MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. THE MODEL SOLUTION SEEMS REASONABLE...HOWEVER WILL SEE HOW THE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY SYSTEM PLAYS OUT BEFORE PLACE TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG RANGE FORECAST. && .MARINE... LARGE NORTHWEST SWELLS HAVE BEEN BUILDING FURTHER AT OUR NORTHWEST BUOY AS A VERY LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY THE STORM THAT MOVED BY TO OUR NORTH CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THUS HAVE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE EXPECTED SURF AND ALSO THE AREA UNDER A HIGH SURF WARNING AND ADVISORY FOR TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE SURF IS EXPECTED SLOWLY DIMINISH BELOW WARNING LEVELS FOR NORTH AND WEST SHORES DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THEN THE SURF IS EXPECT TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER VERY LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL ARRIVING THURSDAY NIGHT MAY AGAIN REACH WARNING LEVELS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL. && .FIRE WEATHER... PROLONGED DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE WILL ELEVATE FIRE DANGER THROUGH THE WEEK AHEAD. THURSDAY NIGHT/S INTO FRIDAY/S FRONTAL PASSAGE COULD BRING EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO THE STATE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOWER THAN AVERAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRIED FUEL CONDITIONS. A /NO BURN PERIOD/ DECLARATION FROM THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY FOR POOR AIR QUALITY. && .HYDROLOGY... PROLONGED DRY CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE STATE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE HYDROLOGICAL OUTLOOK PRODUCT ISSUED THIS MORNING. && .CLIMATE... THE END OF DECEMBER CAN BE QUITE VARIABLE WITH SOME YEARS VERY WET AND OTHERS...LIKE THIS YEAR...VERY DRY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK COULD DIP DOWN INTO THE 50S THIS WEEK WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES FOR THE INTERIOR OF OAHU AND MAUI. RECORDS LOWS ARE PRETTY LOW AT HONOLULU AND KAHULUI. FOR TOMORROW DECEMBER 20TH THE RECORD LOW AT HONOLULU IS 54 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1962...AND 55 DEGREES AT KAHULUI SET IN 1950. ON THE 21ST HONOLULU 58 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1962 AND KAHULUI 53 SET BACK IN 1969. ON THE 22ND HONOLULU 57 DEGREES IN 1983 AND KAHULUI 53 ALSO SET IN 1983. FORECASTED LOW TEMPERATURES FOR HONOLULU AND KAHULUI WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S STAYING ABOVE THE RECORD VALUES...HOWEVER STILL CHILLY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU... KAUAI...OAHU...MOLOKAI AND MAUI THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MOST HAWAIIAN WATERS EXPOSED TO LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL. && PROTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 6:13 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 5 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.