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Wind Advisory 49, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 27, 2007Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2007, 3:32 AM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2007, 3:32 AM HST (13:32 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2007, 3:46 PM HST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2007-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2007-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 271332
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
332 AM HST THU DEC 27 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUI KAHOOLAWE AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
THE BIG ISLAND...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS WILL PRODUCE
STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN END OF
THE CHAIN...THROUGH TONIGHT. 

HIZ016>027-280245-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0049.071227T1332Z-071228T1600Z/
KAHOOLAWE-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-
MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-
KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-
332 AM HST THU DEC 27 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

TRADE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50
MPH...THROUGH TONIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR ALREADY OCCURRING. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

BIRCHARD
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 280150
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
350 PM HST THU DEC 27 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUI KAHOOLAWE AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
THE BIG ISLAND...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN END OF THE ISLAND CHAIN.

HIZ016>027-281500-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-071228T1600Z/
KAHOOLAWE-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-
MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-
KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-
350 PM HST THU DEC 27 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR ALREADY OCCURRING. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

ELAU
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 281327
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
327 AM HST FRI DEC 28 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR KAHOOLAWE HALEAKALA SUMMIT AND THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS TODAY...ESPECIALLY WHERE
WINDS ARE ACCELERATED BY THE LARGE MOUNTAINS OF MAUI AND THE BIG
ISLAND.

HIZ017>021-023-027-281430-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-071228T1600Z/
MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-
WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-
327 AM HST FRI DEC 28 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY...THEY
ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

HIZ016-022-024>026-290230-
/O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-071229T0400Z/
KAHOOLAWE-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-
BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
327 AM HST FRI DEC 28 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON...

TRADE WINDS WILL BE LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY...PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS TO
50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR ALREADY OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

BIRCHARD
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 290146
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
346 PM HST FRI DEC 28 2007

HIZ016-022-024>026-290300-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-071229T0400Z/
KAHOOLAWE-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-
BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-
346 PM HST FRI DEC 28 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS
OVER THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

ELAU

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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.