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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 24, 2016Hawaii County, Hawaii

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.

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, 1.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-01-25Temperature 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2016-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 3:53 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao72 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.