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Wind Advisory 40, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 2, 2012Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2012, 1:17 PM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2012, 1:17 PM HST (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 2012, 9:51 AM HST
In force
21 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 23:19 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, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 12:00Z on 2012-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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 2012-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

150 
WWHW70 PHFO 022317
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
117 PM HST SUN DEC 2 2012

...BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER SUMMITS...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED SOUTH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.
THE TROUGH IS MOVING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST...SO THE WINDS SHOULD
DIMINISH ON MONDAY.

HIZ022-028-031230-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0040.121202T2317Z-121203T1600Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET...
MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
117 PM HST SUN DEC 2 2012

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

CRAIG
2 follow-up statements
180 
WWHW70 PHFO 031347
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
347 AM HST MON DEC 3 2012

...BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER SUMMITS...

.THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 AM HST TODAY. SOUTHWEST
WINDS REMAIN STRONG SOUTH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE TROUGH IS
GRADUALLY MOVING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST...AND THE WINDS SHOULD
DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING.

HIZ022-028-032000-
/O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-121203T2000Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET...
MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
347 AM HST MON DEC 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

REYNES
142 
WWHW70 PHFO 031951
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
951 AM HST MON DEC 3 2012

HIZ022-028-032100-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-121203T2000Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 6000 FEET...
MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
951 AM HST MON DEC 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF HALEAKALA...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA.

WINDS OVER THE TALL VOLCANOES ARE DIMINISHING...AND THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED.

$$

CRAIG

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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.