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Wind Advisory 16, NWS San Diego, CA

March 13, 2016Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 13, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 13, 2016, 6:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT (10:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2016, 6:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2016, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-13Temperature 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

950 
WWUS76 KSGX 131000
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
300 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT WILL BRING STRONGER
ONSHORE FLOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...
CONTINUING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE UPPER DESERTS.

CAZ060-132130-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.160314T0100Z-160315T0100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
300 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PDT
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-058-062-065-132130-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.160314T0100Z-160314T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
300 AM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN
  SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...AND IN THE NORTHERN
  COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE
  DESERT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

FOR A DETAILED MAP OF THE HAZARD:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=SGX

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5 follow-up statements
370 
WWUS76 KSGX 132047
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
147 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT WILL BRING STRONGER
ONSHORE FLOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...
CONTINUING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE UPPER DESERTS.

CAZ060-140515-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.160314T0100Z-160315T0100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
147 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. 

* LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-058-062-065-140515-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.160314T0100Z-160314T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
147 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH. 

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN 
  SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...AND IN THE NORTHERN 
  COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE 
  DESERT. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

ALBRIGHT
351 
WWUS76 KSGX 140450
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
950 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT WILL BRING STRONGER
ONSHORE FLOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS
WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVER THE HIGH DESERTS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.

CAZ060-141400-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
950 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. 

* LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-058-062-065-141400-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160314T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
950 PM PDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH. 

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN 
  SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...AND IN THE NORTHERN 
  COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

JMB
693 
WWUS76 KSGX 140919
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
219 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TODAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN 
WILL MAINTAIN STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND PERIODS OF STRONG AND
GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS INTO THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FOR MOST AREAS DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR THE UPPER DESERTS WHERE STRONGER
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EARLY
EVENING.

CAZ060-142145-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
219 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 15. 

* LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-058-062-065-141700-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160314T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
219 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN 
  SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...AND IN THE NORTHERN 
  COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE DESERTS AT
  TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

* REPORTS...STRONGEST GUSTS OVERNIGHT OF 67 MPH AT MOUNT LAGUNA
  AND 51 MPH AT VOLCAN MOUNTAIN IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
  MOUNTAINS...AND 54 MPH AT WHITEWATER IN THE NORTHERN COACHELLA
  VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

FOR A DETAILED MAP OF THE HAZARD:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=SGX

17
669 
WWUS76 KSGX 141833
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1133 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

...GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER THE HIGH DESERT TODAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE UPPER DESERTS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING.

CAZ060-150100-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
1133 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 
 
* LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

JAD
023 
WWUS76 KSGX 150052
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
552 PM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

CAZ060-150200-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
552 PM PDT MON MAR 14 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM
THIS EVENING.

$$

JJT

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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.