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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Missoula, MT

December 27, 2005Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2005, 1:25 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2005, 1:25 PM PST (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2005, 5:44 PM PST
In force: 4 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 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 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 272125
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
225 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005


IDZ007-008-280700-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.051227T2125Z-051228T0700Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
125 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY
WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH
LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 11PM WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM FRONT.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS75 KMSO 280144
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
644 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005


IDZ007-008-280245-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051228T0700Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
544 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
IN THE GRANGEVILLE AREA OF AROUND 25 MPH. THIS IS BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING WARM FRONT.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 12:28 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Lemhi	14 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.