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Wind Advisory 42, NWS San Diego, CA

November 25, 20114 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 25, 2011, 6:58 PM PST for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2011, 6:58 PM PST (02:58 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2011, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 26, 2011, 12:37 PM PST
In force
12 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 02:58 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, 3.0 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 00:00Z on 2011-11-26Temperature 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 2011-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 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
1151 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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.

507 
WWUS76 KSGX 260258
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
658 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2011

...LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS FROM OFFSHORE FLOW...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT
AND INCREASE OFFSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAIN
FOOTHILLS AND PASSES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY
MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN
THIS REGION OCCURRING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

CAZ048-057-261100-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0042.111126T0900Z-111126T2200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
658 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST SATURDAY. 


* LOCATIONS: WIND PRONE AREAS OF CAJON PASS ON I-15 AND BANNING
  PASS ON I-10 AND INCLUDING LOCATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF RANCHO
  CUCAMONGA...FONTANA AND BEAUMONT. ALSO PARTS OF HIGHWAY 91 AND
  55 DOWNWIND OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY
  MORNING. CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.

* WINDS: WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...UNSECURE OBJECTS AND TRAVEL
  THROUGH PASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE IMPACTED BY MODERATE
  WIND GUSTS REACHING 35 TO 45 MPH.


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.

&&

$$

TARDY
2 follow-up statements
403 
WWUS76 KSGX 261107
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
307 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2011

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL
GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND
CANYONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BELOW
THE CAJON PASS AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS TODAY WHERE GUSTS 35 TO 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TEMPORARILY THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN STRENGTHEN AND TURN EAST OVERNIGHT.

CAZ048-057-262200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111126T2200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
307 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS: THE INLAND EMPIRE BELOW THE CAJON AND BANNING
  PASSES...INCLUDING RIALTO...FONTANA...SAN BERNARDINO...AND
  BEAUMONT. THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS
  INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 91 AND 55.

* TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS IN 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
952 
WWUS76 KSGX 262037
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1237 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2011


CAZ048-057-262145-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111126T2200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
1237 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. 

WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING
FROM THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH
AND BELOW THE WINDIER PASSES AND CANYONS.

$$

JAD

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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.