Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 40, NWS Honolulu, HI
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.
- 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
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
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.