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Heat Advisory 2, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

June 30, 20156 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this heat advisory at Jun 30, 2015, 9:02 AM PDT for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Jun 30, 2015, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2015, 9:02 AM PDT (16:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2015, 10:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jul 1, 2015, 9:00 PM PDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Napa County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 394 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jun 30, 4:25 AM PDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:25 AM PDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:04 AM PDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
504 AM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

CAZ506-507-510>513-516>518-528-PZZ530-531-011215-
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY...INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING
PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK-
NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...HOLLISTER VALLEY...AND CARMEL VALLEY-
SAN PABLO BAY SUISUN BAY THE WEST DELTA AND SAN FRANCISCO BAY
NORTH OF THE BAY BRIDGE-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SOUTH OF THE BAY BRIDGE-
504 AM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A BUILDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO VERY WARM INLAND
TEMPERATURES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO VERY WARM INLAND READINGS
ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:02 AM PDT, 4 hours before
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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.