Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 9, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2005, 11:36 AM PST for 5 counties in California. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2005, 11:36 AM PST (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2005, 3:42 PM PST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Counties Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 331 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
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KMTR 281936 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 1136 AM PST WED DEC 28 2005 ...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TILL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... .POST FRONTAL WINDS REMAIN STRONG ACROSS THE HILLS OF THE NORTH AND EAST BAY AS WELL AS ACROSS THE DIABLO AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN RANGES AT THIS HOUR. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ507-510>512-290000- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.051228T1936Z-051229T0000Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 1136 AM PST WED DEC 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 63 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE HILLS OF THE NORTH AND EAST BAY AS WELL AS THE DIABLO AND SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN RANGES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER EAST. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KMTR 282342 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 342 PM PST WED DEC 28 2005 ...WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY HILLS AND VALLEYS AS WELL AS SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SAN MATEO COUNTY COAST FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... .POST FRONTAL WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON. A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE NORTH AND EAST BAY HILLS AND VALLEYS AS WELL AS SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SAN MATEO COUNTY COAST. CAZ507-510-511-290745- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051229T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.HW.A.0002.051230T2000Z-051231T1200Z/ NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS- EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE- 342 PM PST WED DEC 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO CALIFORNIA. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ CAZ512-290045- /O.CAN.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051229T0000Z/ SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS- 342 PM PST WED DEC 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ CAZ006-505-506-509-290745- /O.NEW.KMTR.HW.A.0002.051230T2000Z-051231T1200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO- COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE- NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST- 342 PM PST WED DEC 28 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO CALIFORNIA. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ STROBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:42 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo and 3 more | 52 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.