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Wind Advisory 39, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2011, 3:55 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Nov 3, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2011, 3:55 PM PDT (22:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 8:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
987 WWUS76 KSGX 032255 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 355 PM PDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A COLD PACIFIC STORM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-040900- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.111104T0000Z-111105T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 355 PM PDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. * TIMING: THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. * VISIBILITY: LOCAL VISIBILITY 3 MILES OR LESS IN THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. LOCAL VISIBILITY 5 MILES OR LESS IN THE DESERTS DUE TO BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SS
4 follow-up statements
034 WWUS76 KSGX 041039 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 339 AM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-042100- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111105T0000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 339 AM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONGER SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG NORTH AND EAST MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE DESERTS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM BLOWING SAND AND BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MARTIN
986 WWUS76 KSGX 042007 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 107 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A COLD PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. CAZ055-056-058-060>062-050400- /O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111105T0900Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 107 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG EAST MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE DESERTS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MM
485 WWUS76 KSGX 042335 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 435 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COLD AND FROSTY IN THE HIGH DESERT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .A COLD PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE HIGH DESERT...WITH WIDESPREAD FROST DEVELOPING. CAZ060-050745- /O.NEW.KSGX.FR.Y.0007.111105T1000Z-111105T1600Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111105T0900Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 435 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT DROP OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. AS THE WINDS BECOME LIGHT LATE TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING...DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE EAST MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE DESERTS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ CAZ055-056-058-061-062-050745- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111105T0900Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 435 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG EAST MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY: LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG. LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE DESERTS OF 1 MILE OR LESS FROM BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PALMER
059 WWUS76 KSGX 050315 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 815 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...COLD AND FROSTY IN THE HIGH DESERT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING...BEHIND THE COLD PACIFIC STORM. AS THE WINDS DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE HIGH DESERT...WITH WIDESPREAD FROST DEVELOPING. CAZ060-051200- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111105T0900Z/ /O.CON.KSGX.FR.Y.0007.111105T1000Z-111105T1600Z/ APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- 815 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S FOR 3 TO 5 HOURS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. * LOCATION: IN THE WIND SHELTERED AREAS ACROSS THE HIGH DESERT. * IMPACTS: FROST MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. ROADS MAY ALSO BE ICY OR SLICK...WITH BLACK ICE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ CAZ055-056-058-061-062-050415- /O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111105T0900Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 815 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE DECREASING ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH JUST A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THOUGH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$ PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 3:10 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SGX | 10 hr | |
| Nov 3, 3:10 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SGX | 57 hr |
Nearby
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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.