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Wind Advisory 34, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 18, 2016, 9:32 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2016, 9:32 AM HST (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2016, 3:21 AM HST
- In force
- 18 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 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
169 WWHW70 PHFO 181932 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 932 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH A WIND ADVISORY. HIZ028-190400- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-161219T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0034.161218T1932Z-161219T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 932 AM HST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. && $$ BURKE
2 follow-up statements
801 WWHW70 PHFO 190130 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 330 PM HST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS BUT ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. HIZ028-191430- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161219T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 330 PM HST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM HST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 55 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. && $$ BURKE
778 WWHW70 PHFO 191321 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 321 AM HST MON DEC 19 2016 HIZ028-191430- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161219T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 321 AM HST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2:13 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kauai | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:38 PM HST | Winter Weather Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Kalawao | 18 hr |
| Dec 17, 7:29 PM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Kauai | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:58 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:43 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 9 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:29 AM HST | Winter Storm Warning | HFO | Hawaii | 18 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.