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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 27, 2012Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2012, 7:22 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2012, 7:22 AM HST (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2012, 3:26 AM HST
In force
20 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 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 5.4 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

936 
WWHW70 PHFO 271722
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
722 AM HST TUE MAR 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA...

HIZ028-280630-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0016.120327T1722Z-120328T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
722 AM HST TUE MAR 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY...

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

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CRAIG
2 follow-up statements
473 
WWHW70 PHFO 280133
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
333 PM HST TUE MAR 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA...

HIZ028-281445-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120328T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
333 PM HST TUE MAR 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CRAIG
458 
WWHW70 PHFO 281326
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
326 AM HST WED MAR 28 2012

HIZ028-281430-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120328T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
326 AM HST WED MAR 28 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THIS
MORNING.


$$

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Wind Advisories in Hawaii, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.