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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 17, 2010Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2010, 11:36 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2010, 11:36 PM HST (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2010, 9:26 AM HST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Hawaii County, HI

The radar

The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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

Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2010-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2010-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

563 
WWHW70 PHFO 180936
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1136 PM HST WED MAR 17 2010


HIZ028-182200-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.100318T0936Z-100318T2200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
1136 PM HST WED MAR 17 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST THURSDAY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
POWELL
1 follow-up statement
137 
WWHW70 PHFO 181926
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
926 AM HST THU MAR 18 2010

HIZ028-182030-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-100318T2200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
926 AM HST THU MAR 18 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS AT THE SUMMITS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH THE DAY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 6:15 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao2 hr
Mar 18, 3:38 AM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO3 days

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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.