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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Honolulu, HI

August 7, 2012Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Aug 7, 2012, 12:06 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2012, 12:06 PM HST (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 3:27 AM HST
In force
15 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 22:08 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, 10.1 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 2012-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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.

388 
WWHW70 PHFO 072206
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1206 PM HST TUE AUG 7 2012

...LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS INDICATE THAT
WINDS HAVE REACHED ADVISORY LEVELS. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT.

HIZ028-081115-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0031.120807T2206Z-120808T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
1206 PM HST TUE AUG 7 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...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* 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 USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BURKE/REYNES
2 follow-up statements
493 
WWHW70 PHFO 080202
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
402 PM HST TUE AUG 7 2012

...LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE WINDS AT ADVISORY LEVELS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT.

HIZ028-081515-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120808T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
402 PM HST TUE AUG 7 2012

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

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

* WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* 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 USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

REYNES/BURKE
234 
WWHW70 PHFO 081327
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
327 AM HST WED AUG 8 2012


HIZ028-081430-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120808T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
327 AM HST WED AUG 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

OBSERVATIONS AT THE BIG ISLAND SUMMIT SHOW THAT WINDS HAVE
DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL OVERNIGHT...WITH A CONTINUED DECREASING
TREND NOTED AS OF 3 AM HST. THE WIND ADVISORY IS THEREFORE
CANCELLED.

$$
POWELL

The office that day

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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.