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Wind Advisory 2, NWS San Diego, CA

January 15, 2016Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2016, 2:40 AM PST for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Jan 15, 2016, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2016, 2:40 AM PST (10:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2016, 8:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 15, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
In force
8 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 10:45 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, 10.7 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 2016-01-15Temperature 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 2016-01-15The 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
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

901 
WWUS76 KSGX 151040
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
240 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
PORTIONS OF THE DESERTS TODAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE GREAT
BASIN TODAY WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE DESERTS
TODAY.

CAZ055-056-058-060-065-152030-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0002.160115T1600Z-160116T0000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
240 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

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

* TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
  AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING.

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

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

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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
1 follow-up statement
916 
WWUS76 KSGX 151702
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
902 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
PORTIONS OF THE DESERTS TODAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
TODAY WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE DESERTS
TODAY.

CAZ055-056-058-060-065-160000-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
902 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* TIMING...WINDS STRENGTHENING THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY 
  AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING. 

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

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

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

MM

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 2:37 AM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego10 hr
Jan 15, 12:49 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisorySGXOrange, San Diego4 days

Nearby

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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.