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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 23, 2011Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2011, 3:32 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2011, 3:32 PM HST (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2011, 3:36 PM HST
In force
24 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 01:35 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, 1.5 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 2011-01-24Temperature 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2011-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

923 
WWHW70 PHFO 240132
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
332 PM HST SUN JAN 23 2011

...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

HIZ028-241445-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0008.110124T0132Z-110125T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
332 PM HST SUN JAN 23 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY...

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

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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
2 follow-up statements
894 
WWHW70 PHFO 241327
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
327 AM HST MON JAN 24 2011

...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BIG ISLAND
SUMMITS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

HIZ028-250230-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110125T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
327 AM HST MON JAN 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY INDICATES STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WHICH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE
USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

HOUSTON
757 
WWHW70 PHFO 250136
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
336 PM HST MON JAN 24 2011


HIZ028-250245-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110125T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
336 PM HST MON JAN 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW THE 30 MPH THRESHOLD...WITH A DOWNWARD
TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS
CANCELLED.

$$
POWELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 3:31 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao3 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.