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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 13, 20064 counties in Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2006, 3:22 AM HST for 4 counties in Hawaii. It took effect at Jan 13, 2006, 8:00 AM HST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2006, 3:22 AM HST (13:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2006, 8:00 AM HST
Expired
Jan 13, 2006, 5:30 PM HST
In force
10 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, 1.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lihue, at 12:00Z on 2006-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lihue, at 12:00Z on 2006-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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 
WWHW70 PHFO 131322
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
322 AM HST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE BLOWING TODAY...

.A STRONG HIGH WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE
STRONGEST WHERE THEY BLOW OVER RIDGES AROUND HEADLANDS AND
THROUGH VALLEYS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY LEEWARD AREAS WHERE THE
WINDS MAY ACCELERATE DOWNSLOPE.

HIZ002>021-023>027-140200-
/X.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.060113T1800Z-060114T0400Z/
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-
322 AM HST FRI JAN 13 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM HST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM HST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL BLOW ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS
WILL INCREASE AS THE ISLANDS HEAT UP LATER THIS MORNING THEN
DECREASE THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
THE GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 140330
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
530 PM HST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR ALL ISLANDS AT 6 PM HST...

.THE RIDGE HAS FINALLY WEAKENED ENOUGH WHERE 50 MPH TRADE WIND
 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

HIZ002>021-023>027-140430-
/X.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060114T0400Z/
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-
530 PM HST FRI JAN 13 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

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 Jan 12, 8:30 PM HST, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 8:30 PM HST, 6 hours 52 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST THU JAN 12 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
A HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY WINDY WEATHER THROUGH
FRIDAY. SHOWERS WILL BE CONCENTRATED OVER WINDWARD AREAS BUT
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL SPREAD LEEWARD OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE
HIGH WILL MOVE AWAY TO THE EAST AND WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST
AND WEAKEN OVER THE WEEKEND. OUR WEATHER WILL TURN MUGGY AND HAZY. A
SHEARLINE WILL MOVE OVER THE ISLANDS SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING CLOUDS
AND SHOWERS. A HIGH MOVING EAST BEHIND THE SHEARLINE WILL BRING
TRADES BACK ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
A FAIRLY STRONG...1030MB...HIGH ABOUT 900 MILES NORTH OF THE MAIN
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS PRODUCING BREEZY TO WINDY TRADES OVER THE
ISLANDS. SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY SHOW SOME SHOWERY LOW CLOUDS
MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE TRADE-WIND FLOW. SHOWERS WILL BE
CONCENTRATED OVER WINDWARD AREAS BUT THE TRADES WILL CARRY SOME
SHOWERS LEEWARD ON THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS FAIRLY
STABLE SO RAINFALL TOTALS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW.

THE COMPUTER MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THE HIGH MOVING
AWAY TO THE EAST AND A FRONT NEAR MIDWAY MOVING SOUTHEAST. AS THE
HIGH MOVES AWAY AND THE FRONT APPROACHES...THE TRADE WINDS WILL
WEAKEN TOMORROW. WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND BECOME LIGHT OVER THE
WEEKEND ALLOWING LAND AND SEA BREEZES TO FORM. THE WEATHER WILL FEEL
MUGGY AND THE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CARRY VOG UP OVER THE SMALLER
ISLANDS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN RATHER STABLE SO SHOWERS WILL BE
LIMITED.

THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN TO A SHEARLINE AND MOVE OVER THE ISLANDS FROM
THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SHEARLINE WILL BRING CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS TO KAUAI AND OAHU. THE COMPUTER MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT
IN SHOWING THE SHEARLINE STALLING OVER KAUAI AND OAHU...THEN MOVING
AWAY TO THE WEST AS TRADE WINDS SPREAD BACK OVER THE ISLANDS ON
MONDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
THE ROUGH SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY LONGER. A NEW LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL
ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND PRODUCE SURF ABOVE THE ADVISORY LEVEL. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE STRONG TRADE WINDS AND THE
ROUGH SEAS THEY ARE PRODUCING.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS DUE TO THE STRONG TRADE
WINDS.

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR EAST FACING SHORES FOR ALL ISLANDS EXCEPT
NIIHAU LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE.

&&

DONALDSON

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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.