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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 9, 2011Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2011, 3:22 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2011, 3:22 PM HST (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2011, 3:46 AM HST
In force
12 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 01:21 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, 1.4 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 2011-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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.

686 
WWHW70 PHFO 100122
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
322 PM HST SUN JAN 9 2011

HIZ028-101400-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110110T0200Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.110110T0122Z-110110T1400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
322 PM HST SUN JAN 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST MONDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST MONDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...COLD AND STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH
  CAUTION...AND VISITORS TO THE SUMMITS SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDY
  AND COLD CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$
BRENCHLEY
1 follow-up statement
937 
WWHW70 PHFO 101346
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
346 AM HST MON JAN 10 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ON HALEAKALA SUMMIT THIS MORNING...

.OVERVIEW...A COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL CAUSE
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE ON HALEAKALA SUMMIT THROUGH THE DAY.

HIZ028-101500-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110110T1400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
346 AM HST MON JAN 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW 30 MPH.

$$

HIZ022-110300-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0004.110110T2000Z-110111T1000Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
346 AM HST MON JAN 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
HST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
HST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS HALEAKALA SUMMIT
  THIS MORNING BECOMING WINDY BY 10 AM AND LASTING INTO THE
  EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH
  CAUTION...AND VISITORS TO THE SUMMITS SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDY
  AND COLD CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$
WROE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 3:46 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao60 hr
Jan 10, 3:46 AM HSTWind AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Kalawao24 hr
Jan 10, 1:42 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.