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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Missoula, MT

January 4, 2008Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2008, 8:36 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2008, 8:36 PM PST (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2008, 2:13 AM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2008-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2008-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 501 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
501 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
545 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 
WWUS75 KMSO 050436
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
936 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008

.WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE FORCES WITH A SOUTHERLY SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT TO CREATE STRONG WINDS IN PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL IDAHO TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH
THE REGION TONIGHT WITH BOTH WINDS ALOFT AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
DECREASING.

IDZ007-051200-
/O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080105T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.080105T0436Z-080105T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
836 PM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
TONIGHT... MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12. THE GRANGEVILLE AREA COULD
SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AS CONDITIONS FAVOR
DOWNSLOPING EFFECTS OFF THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF TOWN.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY
BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

IDZ008-050545-
/O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080105T1200Z/
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
836 PM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

$$

IDZ010-MTZ005>007-050545-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080105T0600Z/
EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
936 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 051013
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
313 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008

IDZ007-051115-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080105T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
213 AM PST SAT JAN 5 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE STILL
EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

$$

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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.