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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Honolulu, HI

August 15, 2012Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Aug 15, 2012, 9:10 PM HST for Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2012, 9:10 PM HST (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2012, 7:52 AM HST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Kalawao County, HI

The nearest sounding before it

Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-16Temperature 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2012-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 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.

535 
WWHW70 PHFO 160710
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
910 PM HST WED AUG 15 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...

.STRONG EASTERLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA
THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

HIZ022-161400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0033.120816T0710Z-120816T1400Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET
910 PM HST WED AUG 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM HST THURSDAY

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY INDICATES STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY WHEN OPERATING
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
491 
WWHW70 PHFO 161316
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
316 AM HST THU AUG 16 2012

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA...

HIZ022-162200-
/O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120816T2200Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET
316 AM HST THU AUG 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY. 

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON HST TODAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY INDICATES STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY WHEN
OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$
367 
WWHW70 PHFO 161752
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
752 AM HST THU AUG 16 2012


HIZ022-161900-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120816T2200Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET
752 AM HST THU AUG 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD.

$$

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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.