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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 8, 2016Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2016, 3:48 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Mar 8, 2016, 6:00 PM HST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2016, 3:48 PM HST (01:48 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2016, 6:00 PM HST
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 2:43 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 01:47 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

Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

512 
WWHW70 PHFO 090148
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
348 PM HST TUE MAR 8 2016

HIZ028-091500-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.160309T0400Z-160310T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
348 PM HST TUE MAR 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 55 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT THE
  SUMMITS.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWHW70 PHFO 091243
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
243 AM HST WED MAR 9 2016

HIZ028-100145-
/O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160310T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0004.160309T1243Z-160310T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
243 AM HST WED MAR 9 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT THE
  SUMMITS.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
  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.

&&

$$

HIZ014>016-023>027-100145-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0014.160309T1243Z-160310T0400Z/
LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-
BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANELE...LANAI CITY...KAILUA-KONA...
MILOLII...SOUTH POINT...PAHALA...HILO...VOLCANO...HONOKAA...
KAMUELA...WAIKOLOA...BRADSHAW FIELD...SADDLE ROAD ABOVE 5000 FEET
243 AM HST WED MAR 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WINDIEST
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND KONA...THE KOHALA
  DISTRICT...AND NORTH KAU DISTRICT. 

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:27 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao21 hr
Mar 9, 2:43 AM HSTHigh Wind WarningHFOHawaii25 hr
Mar 9, 2:43 AM HSTWind AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao61 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Hawaii, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016

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.