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Wind Advisory 71, NWS San Diego, CA

May 13, 2008Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 13, 2008, 8:21 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2008, 8:21 AM PDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2008, 1:27 PM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2008-05-13Temperature 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, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2008-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 
WWUS76 KSGX 131521
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
821 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS
THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE PLATEAU WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND LOCALLY
INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE. SOME LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING
DUST ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.

CAZ048-055-132200-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0071.080513T1521Z-080513T2200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
821 AM PDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW THE CAJON
PASS. THE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS...THEN SUBSIDE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

SMALL/GONSALVES
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KSGX 132027
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
127 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

CAZ048-055-132130-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-080513T2200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
122 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE OFFSHORE FLOW AT THE SURFACE HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT
OVER THE AREA...AND WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW CRITERIA.
 
$$

SMALL

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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.