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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 5, 2016Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 5, 2016, 11:08 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2016, 11:08 AM HST (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2016, 3:41 AM HST
In force
17 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 21:08 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, 9.1 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-05Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

437 
WWHW70 PHFO 052108
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1108 AM HST MON DEC 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...

HIZ028-060400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0030.161205T2108Z-161206T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
1108 AM HST MON DEC 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM 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 THIS EVENING

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES AND SLAM DOORS OPEN OR SHUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POSTPONE TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TO
THE AREA, USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND BE CAREFUL OPENING
AND CLOSING DOORS.

&&

$$
DONALDSON
2 follow-up statements
714 
WWHW70 PHFO 060131
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
331 PM HST MON DEC 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...

HIZ028-061445-
/O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-161206T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
331 PM HST MON DEC 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SLAM DOORS OPEN OR SHUT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POSTPONE TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TO
THE AREA...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND BE CAREFUL OPENING
AND CLOSING DOORS.

&&

$$
DONALDSON
484 
WWHW70 PHFO 061341
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 AM HST TUE DEC 6 2016

HIZ028-061445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-161206T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
341 AM HST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 2:12 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHonolulu3 hr
Dec 4, 3:49 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 5, 3:11 AM HSTFlash Flood WatchHFOHawaii, Kalawao13 hr
Dec 5, 4:03 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 hr
Dec 5, 7:01 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii3 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.