Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2012, 3:39 AM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2012, 3:39 AM HST (13:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2012, 9:56 AM HST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI
The radar
The Kamuela/Kohala Apt radar (PHKM), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
761 WWHW70 PHFO 291339 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 339 AM HST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG WINDS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS... .GROWING PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS...TOGETHER WITH A TROUGH ALOFT TO THE SOUTHEAST...WILL SPEED UP WINDS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE STATE. HIZ022-028-300245- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.120129T1339Z-120130T2200Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET... MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 339 AM HST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS OVER MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA HAVE SPED UP AND BECOME MORE GUSTY ALREADY...WHILE WINDS OVER HALEAKALA ARE EXPECTED TO SPEED UP THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST AT LEAST THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN 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 BE CAREFUL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
005 WWHW70 PHFO 300132 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 332 PM HST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG EAST WINDS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS... .A RIDGE ALOFT NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE HIGH VOLCANO SUMMITS. HIZ022-028-301430- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120130T2200Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET... MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 332 PM HST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST MONDAY... * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IF THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULTIES FOR YOUR ACTIVITIES. && $$ DONALDSON
930 WWHW70 PHFO 301317 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 317 AM HST MON JAN 30 2012 ...STRONG EAST WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS... .A RIDGE ALOFT NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS CONTINUES TO BRING STRONG WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS OF HALEAKALA...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA. HIZ022-028-302200- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120130T2200Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET... MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 317 AM HST MON JAN 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IF THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULTIES FOR YOUR ACTIVITIES. && $$
269 WWHW70 PHFO 301956 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 956 AM HST MON JAN 30 2012 HIZ022-028-302100- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120130T2200Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET... MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 956 AM HST MON JAN 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS AT THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA...MAUNA LOA AND HALEAKALA HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN. $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:44 PM HST | Red Flag Warning | HFO | 48 hr |
Nearby
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.