Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2006

Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL

April 11, 2006Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2006, 5:23 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 11, 2006, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2006, 5:23 AM EDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2006, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS72 KMFL 110923
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
523 AM EDT TUE APR 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
COASTAL SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY...


FLZ068-111730-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.060411T1200Z-060411T2200Z/
PALM BEACH EASTERN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST PALM BEACH
523 AM EDT TUE APR 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC, AND LOWER PRESSURE OVER THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25
TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF PALM BEACH
COUNTY TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR HIGHER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:15 AM EDTMarine Weather StatementMFL11 hr
Apr 11, 6:33 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach23 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Florida, 2006Every wind advisory in 2006

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.