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Wind Advisory 2, NWS San Diego, CA
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2:37 AM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 10 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:49 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 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.