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Wind Advisory 7, NWS San Diego, CA

January 31, 2014Riverside County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2014, 1:37 AM PST for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2014, 1:37 AM PST (09:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 2014, 12:00 PM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2014-01-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2014-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

176 
WWUS76 KSGX 310937
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
137 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO
THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES INTO
THIS MORNING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

CAZ056-058-061-062-312000-
/O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140131T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0007.140131T0937Z-140131T2000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
137 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN
  SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS.

* TIMING...WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TODAY.

* VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SAND
  AND BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY
  FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE
  LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ055-311045-
/O.CAN.KSGX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140131T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
137 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS
MORNING.

$$

CAZ060-311045-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T2100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
137 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
EARLY THIS MORNING.

$$

CURRENT WIND GUST REPORTS ON THE WEB:
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SGX/GMAP/INDEX.PHP

FOR A DETAILED MAP OF THE HAZARD:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=SGX

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1 follow-up statement
133 
WWUS76 KSGX 311959
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1159 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT NOON...


CAZ056-058-061-062-312100-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140131T2000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
1159 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY...

WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT A FEW GUSTS
TO 45 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MOST
FAVORED LOCATIONS.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 1:31 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino8 hr

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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.