Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2016, 3:53 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Jan 24, 2016, 6:00 PM HST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2016, 3:53 PM HST (01:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2016, 6:00 PM HST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2016, 3:34 PM HST
- In force
- 22 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 01:55 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 00:00Z, 1.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
389 WWHW70 PHFO 250153 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 353 PM HST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH MONDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DRIVING A SURFACE FRONT WILL PRODUCE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE SUMMITS TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIZ028-251500- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.160125T0400Z-160126T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 353 PM HST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING AND PEAKING AT 45 TO 55 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE OPENING DOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY ON 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
251 WWHW70 PHFO 251334 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 334 AM HST MON JAN 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH MONDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE STATE WILL MAINTAIN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. HIZ028-260245- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160126T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 334 AM HST MON JAN 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE OPENING DOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY ON THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JACOBSON
590 WWHW70 PHFO 260134 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 334 PM HST MON JAN 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HIZ028-260245- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160126T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 334 PM HST MON JAN 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:53 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 72 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.