Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 33, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2016, 3:17 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2016, 3:17 AM HST (13:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 3:19 PM HST
- In force
- 12 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 13:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
485 WWHW70 PHFO 151317 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 317 AM HST THU DEC 15 2016 ...INCREASING WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM HAS STARTED TO INCREASE WINDS ON THE SUMMITS. AN UPWARD TREND IN WINDS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIZ028-160230- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0033.161215T1317Z-161217T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 317 AM HST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TODAY. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TOMORROW. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
226 WWHW70 PHFO 151843 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 843 AM HST THU DEC 15 2016 ...INCREASING WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM HAS STARTED TO INCREASE WINDS ON THE SUMMITS. AN UPWARD TREND IN WINDS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIZ028-160745- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161217T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 843 AM HST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TODAY. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FOSTER
968 WWHW70 PHFO 160119 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 319 PM HST THU DEC 15 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AT BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH SATURDAY... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LOW WILL CAUSE WINDS AT THE SUMMITS TO BE VERY STRONG OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIZ028-161430- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161217T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0008.161216T0119Z-161218T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 319 PM HST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:51 AM HST | Small Craft Advisory | HFO | 4 days |
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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.