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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 12, 2016Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2016, 5:12 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2016, 5:12 AM HST (15:12 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2016, 3:29 PM HST
In force: 10 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 15:13 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

Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

480 
WWHW70 PHFO 121512
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
512 AM HST TUE JAN 12 2016

...STRONG WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.A PASSING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TODAY.

HIZ028-130400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.160112T1512Z-160113T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
512 AM HST TUE JAN 12 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 TODAY.

* WINDS...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* 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

1 follow-up statement

079 
WWHW70 PHFO 130129
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
329 PM HST TUE JAN 12 2016

HIZ028-130230-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160113T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
329 PM HST TUE JAN 12 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG
OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND
SUMMITS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 3:26 PM HST	High Surf Advisory	HFO	Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao	24 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.