Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 18, 2005, 7:07 AM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2005, 7:07 AM HST (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2005, 7:56 PM HST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
Counties Hawaii County, HI, Honolulu County, HI, Kalawao County, HI, Kauai County, HI
The nearest sounding before it
Lihue, (PHLI), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 181707 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 707 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE HALEAKALA MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA SUMMITS... .OVERVIEW...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY... REACHING THE BIG ISLAND THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE SUMMIT AREAS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. HIZ028-190515- /X.UPG.PHFO.HW.A.0001.051219T0400Z-051220T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.051218T1707Z-051219T2300Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 707 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REPLACED THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS WITH A WIND ADVISORY. 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. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH. STAY TUNED SINCE A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. $$ HIZ022-190515- /X.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.051218T1707Z-051219T2300Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 707 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM HST MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. STAY TUNED SINCE A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWHW70 PHFO 182027 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1027 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL ISLANDS... .OVERVIEW...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY...REACHING THE BIG ISLAND THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE LOCALLY STRONG WEST WINDS ON ALL ISLANDS. HIZ001>021-023>027-190830- /X.EXA.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051219T2300Z/ NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND- BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 1027 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM HST MONDAY... 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. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ON ALL ISLANDS BUT WILL BE LOCALIZED. THE HIGHEST SPEEDS WILL OCCUR WHERE WINDS ACCELERATE DOWNSLOPE ON THE EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS AND WHERE THE WINDS FUNNEL THROUGH VALLEYS AND OVER RIDGES. $$ HIZ022-028-190830- /X.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051219T2300Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1027 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM HST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. STAY TUNED SINCE A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 182124 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1124 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY UPGRADED TO HIGH WIND WARNING FOR HALEAKALA MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA AND WIND ADVISORY CONTINUED FOR REST OF AREA... .OVERVIEW...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY...REACHING THE BIG ISLAND THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE LOCALLY STRONG WEST WINDS ON ALL ISLANDS. HIZ022-028-190930- /X.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.051218T2124Z-051219T1600Z/ /X.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.051219T1600Z-051219T2300Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1124 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM HST MONDAY... WIND REPORTS FROM MAUNA KEA INDICATE THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING. PEAK WINDS ON THE HALEAKALA SUMMIT HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED 40 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND THE SUMMIT AREAS ARE SUSTAINED IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ HIZ001>021-023>027-190930- /X.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051219T2300Z/ NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND- BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 1124 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM HST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ON ALL ISLANDS BUT WILL BE LOCALIZED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WHERE WINDS ACCELERATE DOWNSLOPE ON THE EAST SIDES OF THE ISLANDS AND WHERE THE WINDS FUNNEL THROUGH VALLEYS AND OVER RIDGES. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 190556 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 756 PM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR HALEAKALA MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .OVERVIEW...A COLD FRONT MOVING S0UTHEAST OVER OAHU WILL STALL NEAR THE BIG ISLAND LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG OVER THE SUMMIT AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND HALEAKALA ON MAUI BUT WILL DECREASE OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. HIZ022-028-191600- /X.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.051219T1600Z-051219T2300Z/ /X.CON.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051219T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 756 PM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE THE SUMMIT AREAS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII AND OVER THE SUMMIT AREA OF MOUNT HALEAKALA ON MAUI. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HIZ001>021-023>027-190700- /X.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051219T2300Z/ NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND- BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 756 PM HST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII HAVE DECREASED...AS HAVE WINDS OVER THE OTHER ISLANDS...AS THE FRONT MOVES DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN AND THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES OFF TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND SO THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ FARRELL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 17, 8:30 PM HST, 10 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 8:30 PM HST, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST SAT DEC 17 2005 .SYNOPSIS... KONA WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE ISLANDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH OVER KAUAI LATE SUNDAY BRINGING A BAND OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. THE FRONT WILL SLOW AND WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES ACROSSOAHU AND MAUI COUNTY SUNDAY NIGHT. WHATEVER REMAINS WILL OF THE FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE BIG ISLAND ON MONDAY. THE RIDGE WILL REDEVELOP NORTH OF THE ISLANDS NEXT WEEK FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT WINDS. && .DISCUSSION... THE SURFACE RIDGE IS CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND...WITH WSW OR KONA FLOW OVER THE ISLANDS AND TO OUR NORTH. THE VERY ACTIVE AND STORMY PATTERN OVER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL KEEP THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SHUNTED FARTHER SOUTH THAN NORMAL...OVER OR CLOSE TO THE ISLANDS. A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM ONE OF THESE LOWS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE ISLANDS LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO WORK AND LIMITED UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...THIS FRONT WILL NOT PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS APPEAR TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR FORECAST TIMING...WITH THE FRONT REACHING KAUAI LATE ON SUNDAY... OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY SUNDAY NIGHT...AND STALLING NEAR THE BIG ISLAND ON MONDAY. HAVE MADE ONLY VERY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE POP GRIDS...WHICH SEEM TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT OVERALL WITH MOS GUIDANCE. HAVE MAINTAINED THE WIND SPEED GRIDS...ALONG WITH THE GUSTS. THESE LOOK GOOD...INCLUDING THE GUSTS UP TO 35 OR 40 MPH IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF NORMALLY WINDWARD SECTIONS OF KAUAI AND OAHU. A GAP IN THE PARADE OF LOWS TO THE NORTH WILL ALLOW THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO BUILD BACK NORTH OF THE ISLANDS LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...ALONG WITH PROVIDING RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT. THE SURFACE RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE ISLAND VICINITY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...WITH PERHAPS ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL EPISODE LATE IN THE WEEK...ABOUT FRIDAY. OTHER THAN SOME LINGERING SHOWERS NEAR THE BIG ISLAND...WE WILL LIKELY SETTLE BACK INTO A GENERALLY DRY OR WEAK CONVECTIVE PATTERN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .MARINE... THE OTHER BIG STORY IS THE NORTHWEST SWELL. THE LATEST BUMP IS ON THE DECLINE...BUT ANOTHER NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND LIKELY PEAK ON MONDAY. BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH HANDLING THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC...THE WAVEWATCH III HAS BEEN WAFFLING A LOT ON THE SIZE AND PERIOD OF THE ENERGY REACHING THE ISLANDS. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE SURF WILL REACH WARNING LEVELS FOR SOME NORTH AND WEST FACING LOCATIONS STARTING MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG KONA WINDS FOR THE NORTHERN WATERS...AND INCREASING SEAS...NECESSITATES SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM HST MONDAY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM HST MONDAY FOR MOST HAWAIIAN WATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WATERS EXPOSED TO LARGE NORTHWEST SWELLS...BUT ALSO INCLUDING WATERS AROUND KAUAI AND OAHU WHERE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY. && FARRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 3:30 AM HST | High Wind Watch | HFO | Hawaii | 32 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:24 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | Hawaii, Kalawao | 25 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.