Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 20, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2016, 3:12 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2016, 3:12 AM PDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Diego, CA
Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925 WWUS76 KSGX 291012 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 312 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MAINTAIN STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...THOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ056-058-061-062-292130- /O.EXP.KSGX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160329T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.160329T1012Z-160330T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 312 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS TO 60 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * TIMING...WINDS SUBSIDING SOME THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONGER WINDS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. && $$ CAZ055-060-065-291115- /O.EXP.KSGX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160329T1000Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- 312 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. $$ 17
3 follow-up statements
702 WWUS76 KSGX 292028 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 128 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MAINTAIN STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...THOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ056-058-061-062-300430- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160330T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 128 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. && $$ ALBRIGHT
894 WWUS76 KSGX 300454 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 954 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MAINTAIN STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...THOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE DESERT SLOPES OF THE RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. CAZ056-058-061-062-301000- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160330T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 954 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS... ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND OTHER DEBRIS. IN THE DESERTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY SHARPLY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GREGORIA
577 WWUS76 KSGX 300959 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 259 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2016 CAZ056-058-061-062-301100- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160330T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 259 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 AM. $$ SS
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:21 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 17 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.