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Wind Advisory 40, NWS San Diego, CA

November 8, 20114 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 8, 2011, 1:19 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Nov 9, 2011, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 2011, 1:19 PM PST (21:19 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2011, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 10, 2011, 1:00 PM PST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2011-11-08Temperature 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 2011-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

448 
WWUS76 KSGX 082119
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
119 PM PST TUE NOV 8 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY
OFFSHORE WINDS...REACHING 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...TO THE
MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL
BE STRONGEST FOR THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS AND THROUGH MOUNTAIN
PASSES AND CANYONS.

CAZ048-050-055>058-090530-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.111109T1200Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
119 PM PST TUE NOV 8 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM PST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN
  A MILE OVER PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE. 

* 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.

&&

$$

HARRISON/PG
6 follow-up statements
333 
WWUS76 KSGX 090445
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
845 PM PST TUE NOV 8 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY
OFFSHORE WINDS...REACHING 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...TO THE
MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL
BE STRONGEST THROUGH AND BELOW THE FAVORED THE PASSES AND
CANYONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

CAZ048-050-055>058-091300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.111109T1200Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
845 PM PST TUE NOV 8 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM
PST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE...THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
VALLEYS...AND THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS,

* TIMING: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN
  A MILE OVER PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.

* 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.

&&

$$

PALMER
882 
WWUS76 KSGX 091154
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
354 AM PST WED NOV 9 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY
OFFSHORE WINDS...REACHING 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...TO THE
MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS THIS MORNING THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING AGAIN TONIGHT. A SECOND STRONGER
PEAK IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55
MPH IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ048-050-055>058-092200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.111109T1200Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
354 AM PST WED NOV 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
  LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE JUST WEST OF THE BANNING
  PASS AND THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SAN
  DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ON THURSDAY MORNING.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN
  THREE MILES OVER PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL ALONG I-10 THROUGH THE BANNING
  PASS...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO
  COUNTY MOUNTAINS. 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
034 
WWUS76 KSGX 092034
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1234 PM PST WED NOV 9 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY
OFFSHORE WINDS...REACHING 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...TO THE
MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING
AGAIN TONIGHT. A SECOND STRONGER PEAK IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55 MPH IN THE WINDIEST
LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ048-050-055>058-100515-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1234 PM PST WED NOV 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
  LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE JUST WEST OF THE BANNING
  PASS AND THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SAN
  DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ON THURSDAY MORNING.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN
  THREE MILES OVER PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL ALONG I-10 THROUGH THE BANNING
  PASS...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO
  COUNTY MOUNTAINS. 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.

&&

$$

PG
874 
WWUS76 KSGX 100532
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
932 PM PST WED NOV 9 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY OFFSHORE
WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND INLAND VALLEYS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ048-050-055>058-101400-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
932 PM PST WED NOV 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN
  AND BELOW PASSES. STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH THE BANNING PASS AND
  THROUGH THE PASSES THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS
  WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-10 THROUGH THE BANNING
  PASS...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO
  COUNTY MOUNTAINS. 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.

&&

$$

MOEDE
765 
WWUS76 KSGX 101334
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
534 AM PST THU NOV 10 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS THROUGH MIDDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY OFFSHORE
WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

CAZ048-050-055>058-102100-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
534 AM PST THU NOV 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH
  THE BANNING PASS AND THROUGH THE CANYONS AND PASSES IN THE SAN
  DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* VISIBILITY: BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS  
  WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG I-10 THROUGH THE BANNING  
  PASS...AND HIGHWAYS 78 AND INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO  
  COUNTY MOUNTAINS. 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.

&&

$$

JAD
594 
WWUS76 KSGX 102102
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
102 PM PST THU NOV 10 2011


CAZ048-050-055>058-102215-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111110T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
102 PM PST THU NOV 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED BUT SOME LOCATIONS COULD STILL
EXPERIENCE OFFSHORE WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH FOR A TIME THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

$$

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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.