Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2016, 6:41 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2016, 6:41 PM HST (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 3:40 AM HST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The radar
The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
958 WWHW70 PHFO 090441 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 641 PM HST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .A PASSING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIZ028-091745- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0001.160109T0441Z-160110T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 641 PM HST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY. * TIMING..TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JACOBSON
2 follow-up statements
898 WWHW70 PHFO 090441 CCA NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 641 PM HST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .A PASSING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIZ028-091745- /O.COR.PHFO.WI.Y.0001.160109T0441Z-160110T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 641 PM HST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JACOBSON
061 WWHW70 PHFO 091340 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 340 AM HST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .A PASSING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. HIZ028-100245- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160110T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.160109T1340Z-160110T0800Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 340 AM HST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 55 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ JACOBSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:37 AM HST | High Surf Warning | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 60 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:40 AM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | Hawaii | 17 hr |
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.