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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 19, 20166 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2016, 3:58 PM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 20, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2016, 3:58 PM EST (20:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 20, 2016, 3:37 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-12-19Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

858 
WWUS73 KAPX 192058
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
358 PM EST MON DEC 19 2016

MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-200500-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.161220T0900Z-161221T0000Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE
358 PM EST MON DEC 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON
  TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 MPH
  TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 MPH ON TUESDAY...
  HIGHEST ALONG THE LAKESHORE.

* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT AND
  THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO
  NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN EXPOSED AREAS. SOME
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
574 
WWUS73 KAPX 200837
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
337 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2016


MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-200945-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.161220T0900Z-161221T0000Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE
337 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED IN ITS PLACE.

$$

JZ

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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.