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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

July 22, 2008Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jul 22, 2008, 3:41 AM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It took effect at Jul 22, 2008, 9:00 AM HST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2008, 3:41 AM HST (13:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 22, 2008, 9:00 AM HST
Expired
Jul 23, 2008, 3:28 AM HST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 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 2008-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 268 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2008-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WWHW70 PHFO 221341
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 AM HST TUE JUL 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...

.WINDS ON THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM
LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO STRENGTHENING HIGH
PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.

HIZ022-230245-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.080722T1900Z-080723T1600Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
341 AM HST TUE JUL 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM HST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM HST
WEDNESDAY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE
THIS MORNING...AND TO 30 TO 35 MPH BY TONIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

HOUSTON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 230104
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
304 PM HST TUE JUL 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA
KEA ON THE BIG ISLAND...

...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...

.WINDS ON THE SUMMITS OF HALEAKALA AS WELL AS MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA
KEA WILL REMAIN STRONG TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO
STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.

HIZ028-231415-
/O.EXA.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080723T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
304 PM HST TUE JUL 22 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

HIZ022-231415-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080723T1600Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
304 PM HST TUE JUL 22 2008

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

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 231328
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
328 AM HST WED JUL 23 2008

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

.OVERVIEW...WINDS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS HAVE WEAKENED AS A TROPICAL
DISTURBANCE HAS MOVED AWAY TO THE WEST.

HIZ022-028-231430-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080723T1600Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
328 AM HST WED JUL 23 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD.

$$
DONALDSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:02 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kalawao31 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.