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Wind Advisory 41, NWS San Diego, CA

November 18, 2011Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2011, 2:40 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Nov 18, 2011, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2011, 2:40 AM PST (10:40 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2011, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 19, 2011, 12:00 AM PST
In force
12 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 10:39 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 00:00Z, 10.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2011-11-18Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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.

947 
WWUS76 KSGX 181040
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
240 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE 
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-182200-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0041.111118T2000Z-111119T0800Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
240 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT. 


* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 50
  MPH.

* LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT
  MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERTS AREAS.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE
  LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING
  DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

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.

THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS
WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED
POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD
LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

&&

$$

CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP

MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX

MARTIN
2 follow-up statements
014 
WWUS76 KSGX 182106
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
106 PM PST FRI NOV 18 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WEST
WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-190800-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-111119T0800Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
106 PM PST FRI NOV 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH STRONGEST WINDS LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* LOCATION: STRONGEST WINDS NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT
  MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE
  LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. IN THE DESERTS...LOCAL BLOWING
  DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

MM
959 
WWUS76 KSGX 190813
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1213 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS HAS EXPIRED...

CAZ055-056-058-060>062-190915-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-111119T0800Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
1213 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS HAS EXPIRED. AREAS
OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR
THE RIDGE TOPS...ON DESERTS SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT
DESERT AREAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STRONGEST GUSTS
WILL BE IN NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE
BANNING PASS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT.

$$

CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP

MAX DAILY WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/KML/WIND.PHP?WFO=SGX

MARTIN

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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.