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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Missoula, MT

November 28, 2005Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2005, 1:33 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Nov 28, 2005, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2005, 1:33 PM PST (21:33 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 28, 2005, 7:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 29, 2005, 7:00 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KMSO 282133
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
233 PM MST MON NOV 28 2005


IDZ007-008-290445-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0007.051129T0300Z-051129T1500Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
133 PM PST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...HELLS CANYON AND SALMON RIVER 
REGION...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH
CENTRAL IDAHO TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN...CAUSING SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP. SOUTH
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
LATER TONIGHT. THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNRISE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 290601
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1101 PM MST MON NOV 28 2005

IDZ007-008-291115-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1500Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
1001 PM PST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL 
TIGHTEN...CAUSING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP. SOUTH WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNRISE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 291031
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
331 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2005

IDZ007-008-291500-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1500Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
231 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...

WINDS SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY ON SHORE WHICH WILL CAUSE STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 291438
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
738 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2005

IDZ007-008-291545-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1500Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
638 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE MAIN AREAS OF GUSTY WINDS IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO THIS MORNING
ARE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SALMON AND SNAKE RIVER CANYONS.
EVEN THESE WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO GENERALLY BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...WITH GUSTS MAINLY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 1:15 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchMSOClearwater, Idaho37 hr
Nov 28, 1:37 PM PSTHeavy Snow WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho37 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Idaho, 2005Every wind advisory in 2005

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.