Wind Advisory 5, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Issued

Dec 1, 2005, 6:21 PM PST (02:21 UTC)

Expired

Dec 1, 2005, 9:00 PM PST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Alameda County, CA, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WWUS76 KMTR 020221
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
621 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REGION...

.WINDS HAVE EASED ACROSS THE NORTH BAY COUNTIES AND THE HIGH WIND
WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO WERE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. FURTHER SOUTH...ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND ACROSS THE MONTEREY BAY
AREA...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM FOR
AREAS FROM SAN FRANCISCO SOUTHWARD.

CAZ508-509-511-020500-
/O.EXP.KMTR.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051202T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0005.051202T0221Z-051202T0500Z/
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-
EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-
621 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE
LIKELY THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH
TO SOUTH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND WATCH FOR FALLEN TREES
AND OTHER DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS.. ALSO...POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.

$$

CAZ505-020330-
/O.EXP.KMTR.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051202T0200Z/
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
621 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS DIMINISHED ALONG THE NORTH BAY COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
BY 6 PM HAD FALLEN WELL BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING LEVELS.
THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

CAZ006-510-512>515-517-518-020500-
/O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051202T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0005.051202T0221Z-051202T0500Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-
SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND
CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
621 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. AT 6
PM PST...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND
WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS THROUGH THE AREA
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY EXTENDS
THE TIME PERIOD COVERED BY THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY WHICH WAS DUE TO
EXPIRE AT 6 PM.


WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY UNTIL 9 PM WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH.

STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...POWER OUTAGES MAY
OCCUR.

$$

CAZ506-507-020330-
/O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051202T0200Z/
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
621 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS DIMINISHED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE NORTH BAY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND BY 6 PM HAD FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

000 
WWUS76 KMTR 020455
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
855 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE REGION...

.A LATE FALL STORM SYSTEM WAS WEAKENING AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE
SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION ON THURSDAY EVENING. BY 9 PM WIND SPEEDS
HAD SUBSIDED AND WERE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECREASING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. 

CAZ006-508>515-517-518-020600-
/O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051202T0500Z/
SAN FRANCISCO-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-
SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
MONTEREY BAY...NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND
CARMEL VALLEY-BIG SUR COAST-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
855 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

BY 8 PM PST...WIND SPEEDS HAD DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AT
NEARLY ALL REPORTING LOCATIONS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY
BAY AREAS. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE EAST BAY HILLS CONTINUED TO
REPORT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...BUT WINDS THERE WERE EXPECTED TO
DECREASE TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 9 PM. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM.

$$

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